Armed strike called by the PCP-SL in Lima
Armed strike called by the PCP-SL for May 17 and 18, 1994 in Lima, in which the subversive group mixed threats with attempts at dialogue with neighborhood leaders. This event took place in the context of the weakening of the Shining Path after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992.
The PCP-SL called an armed strike for May 17 and 18, 1994 in Metropolitan Lima. This action was part of the subversive modality of armed strikes that the PCP-SL had developed since 1989 as part of its strategy of strategic balance. On this specific occasion, the PCP-SL mixed threats with an attitude of openness to dialogue, approaching various neighborhood leaders of Ate Vitarte even a week and a half in advance. This armed strike took place in a context of Shining Path weakening and retreat, far from the level reached between 1989 and 1992, corresponding to the definitive decline of armed actions in the city between 1993 and 2000.