Capture of MRTA guerrilla group in Colombia
Colombian police captured a guerrilla group in Santander that included several Peruvians, one day after the second clandestine MRTA press conference.
On August 8, 1986, Colombian police captured a guerrilla group in Santander that included several Peruvians. This capture occurred one day after MRTA held its second clandestine press conference on August 7. The event evidences the international dimension of MRTA's activities and the cooperation between police forces from different South American countries in the pursuit of subversive groups.