MRTA cadres stationed in San Martin
In 1987, MRTA cadres from various departments were deployed to San Martin to form the Northeastern Front, the first MRTA guerrilla front. After the first military campaign, they returned to their regions between February and March 1988 to form their own guerrilla fronts.
In 1987, MRTA cadres from different departments of Peru were sent to the department of San Martin to form part of the Northeastern Front, the first MRTA Guerrilla Front. This experience was to serve as a model for cadres from other departments to form their respective Guerrilla Fronts. After the first MRTA military campaign in San Martin, the recruited MRTA cadres returned, between February and March 1988, to their lands to form their Guerrilla Fronts. This detachment was part of MRTA's strategy to expand its guerrilla presence nationwide, using the experience acquired in San Martin as a base to replicate the model in other regions of the country.