Beginning of the upsurge in violence
In 1987, a new upsurge in the violence of the Peruvian internal armed conflict began, with a territorial expansion of the Shining Path's actions into new regional scenarios. This period was characterized by a more national character and remained at high levels until 1992.
In 1987, violence in the Peruvian internal armed conflict began to escalate again, after a period of decline that reached its lowest point in 1986. This new period of escalation reached a peak in 1989 and remained at relatively high levels until 1992, the year of Abimael Guzmán's capture. Although this second period did not reach levels similar to those of 1984, the conflict expanded to more and more parts of the country. The new escalation was provoked by the expansion of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's actions into new regional scenarios, in what the organization called the 'leap to strategic balance'.