Taking of Tocache
In March 1987, the Shining Path PCP took the town of Tocache in San Martin, consolidating its territorial control in the Huallaga basin. The town was recovered by law enforcement in July 1987 through a combined helicopter operation.
In March 1987, the Shining Path PCP took the town of Tocache as part of its territorial control strategy in the Huallaga basin. This action took place in the context of subversive domination of the area, where the PCP-SL had established open Popular Committees and maintained a complex relationship with drug traffickers. On May 31, 1987, a detachment of 200 subversives again attacked the police post of Uchiza leaving six policemen dead, between one assault and another in this town. On July 17, 1987, combined police, Army and Air Force forces arriving by helicopter recaptured the town of Tocache in an impressive operation.