Car bomb at the Ministry of the Interior
The MRTA detonated a car bomb at the door of the Ministry of the Interior on July 25, 1985. The attack took place days before the presidential inauguration of Alan Garcia Perez.
The MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) exploded a car bomb at the door of the Ministry of the Interior on July 25, 1985. This attack occurred in a context of escalating political violence in the country, just three days before the inauguration of President Alan García Pérez. The attack was part of the armed actions that the MRTA was carrying out in the capital as part of its strategy of confrontation with the Peruvian State.