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MRTA members at their base of operations during the takeover of towns in the department of San Martín
MRTA members at their operations base during the takeover of towns in the department of San Martín in November 1987. A column of approximately seventy MRTA members swept through the towns of Juanjuí (November 6), San José de Sisa (November 7), Shatoja (November 8), San Martín de Alao (November 9), Requena, Constanza, Sinami, Incaico Chasnahuasi, and Hatunruna, in San Martín. The subversive group's entry into these towns was recorded by Lima television cameras. Also interviewed was the self-styled "Commander Rolando," leader of the MRTA column (November 7), who would be identified as Victor Polay Campos.