Rioting in Lima's prisons
A riot of subversive prisoners in three Lima prisons on June 18 and 19, 1986, resulted in more than 227 deaths, constituting the largest collective massacre in the history of Peru.
On June 18 and 19, 1986, there was a riot of subversive prisoners in three prisons in Lima: CRAS Lurigancho (124 dead), CRAS El Frontón (more than 100 dead), and CRAS Santa Bárbara (3 inmates dead). This event was the largest collective massacre in the history of Peru up to that time. The case had great resonance during the government of Alan Garcia and caused a break with the official government line, generating an attempt to understand the causes of the internal armed conflict, mainly by opponents of the counter-subversive strategy and human rights organizations. Shortly before the riot, the mayor of Lima, Alfonso Barrantes, had insisted on the need to form a common front against terrorism.