Founding of the MRTA and I Central Committee

In January 1984, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) was founded and the agreements of its First Central Committee were reached. On January 22, the first action claimed by the MRTA took place: opening fire on a police station in Villa El Salvador (VES) after the murder of a resident in that police station. This organization emerged as a new armed actor in the context of the Peruvian internal conflict, differentiating itself from the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. MRTA began its operations with actions against police facilities in response to abuses against the civilian population.