Formal start of MRTA armed actions
MRTA formally initiates armed actions differentiating itself from PCP-SL
The MRTA formally initiated its armed actions, presenting itself as part of the Peruvian left and making explicit its differences with the PCP-SL through the use of uniforms, guerrilla camps and the claim of actions. This organization had been formed in 1982 from the union of the MIR-EM and the PSR-ML, and had opted two years later to prepare for armed struggle.