Capture of Alberto Gálvez Olaechea of MRTA
DIRCOTE captures Alberto Galvez Olaechea, MRTA leader and journalist of Cambio magazine, on August 17, 1987.
On August 17, 1987, the Anti-Terrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) captured Alberto Galvez Olaechea, who was a leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). Gálvez Olaechea was also a journalist for Cambio magazine. This capture represented a significant blow against the MRTA leadership structure during a period of intense subversive activity in the country.