Declaration of state of emergency in Junín province
In 1988, Alan Garcia's government declared a state of emergency in the provinces of Chanchamayo, Oxapampa and Satipo in Junin, due to the increase in subversive actions and the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL and MRTA in the central jungle.
Faced with the increase in subversive actions and the territorial expansion of the PCP-SL and MRTA in the region, Alan Garcia's government declared the provinces of Chanchamayo, Oxapampa and Satipo in a state of emergency in 1988. This measure was taken in response to the growing control that both subversive groups exercised over these areas of the central jungle. The PCP-SL had gained greater presence in the central jungle, particularly in the Ene River basin, Satipo province, and to a lesser extent in Oxapampa and Chanchamayo. For its part, the MRTA had begun military operations on a larger scale, with the central jungle being the main scenario for the actions of the Tupacamarista Popular Army.