Taking of Juanjuí
On November 6, 1987, between 70 and 100 MRTA subversives took the city of Juanjuí in a synchronized attack on three police posts, gaining control of the city at 5:45 am. The attack resulted in the death of Lieutenant GC Jorge Cieza Lachos and was the largest action of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign.
The seizure of Juanjuí began on Friday, November 6, 1987 at 2:30 a.m. when a group of emerretistas captured the 'Love of the Mountain' truck to transport the Tupacamarista Army to Juanjuí without being discovered. Between 70 and 100 MRTA subversives took the town at 5:45 a.m., almost without resistance, after a synchronized attack on the three police posts. They easily circumvented the police siege installed in the city because most of the police had been transferred to the north of the department due to previous MRTA incursions. Afterwards, a rally was held in the plaza and the tragic result of the attack was the death of Lieutenant GC Jorge Cieza Lachos, 36 years old. This was the major action of the 'Tupac Amaru Vive' Military Campaign commanded by Víctor Polay Campos (c) Rolando and Néstor Cerpa (c) Evaristo.