Defusing of car bomb near Air Base No. 8
In May 1988, shortly before the second papal visit to Lima, a car bomb was defused near Air Base No. 8, in the context of increasing violence in the capital.
In May 1988, on the occasion of Pope John Paul II's second visit to Lima, there was an increase in violence in the Peruvian capital. Shortly before the papal visit, security forces managed to defuse a car bomb that had been placed near Air Base No. 8. This incident was part of the escalation of violence that characterized that period in Lima, where the PCP-Sendero Luminoso intensified its terrorist actions in the capital.