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Terrorist attack on Tarata Street, 1992.
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Tarata - Terrorist attack. Report
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Ninth armed strike in Lima
On July 23, 1992, the ninth armed strike called by the PCP-SL took place. The actions began on July 16 with the car bomb that exploded in Tarata de Miraflores and harassment in different police stations, maintaining a much higher intensity than in February until the very day of the …
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Car bomb attack on Tarata Street, Miraflores
The explosion of a car bomb in the center of Miraflores, on Tarata Street, left 20 dead and 132 wounded. The impact of the attack in the media spread panic and a feeling of insecurity among the public. The same day a series of attacks took place in other sectors …
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Attack on Tarata Street, Miraflores
The horrendous attack in Tarata Street, Miraflores, perpetrated by Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) took place. Gustavo Gutiérrez wrote about the horror that turns taciturn and the falsehood that wears out the language as an effect and cause of the cervical fear and radical distrust that advances unstoppable in the country. …
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Car bomb attack in Tarata Street
The explosion of a car bomb in the center of Miraflores, Tarata street, shocked the country. During the week, there were other attacks in different areas of Lima, including a call for an armed strike in the capital. All this would mean a pre-insurrectional rehearsal in Lima, according to the …
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Car bomb attack in Tarata street
On July 16, 1992, the Shining Path PCP detonated a car bomb on Tarata Street, causing fire, destruction and death of people who were peacefully in the apparent safety of their homes. This was the most visible and dramatic event of the period of high violence in Lima. The attack …
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Explosion in Tarata Street
On July 16, 1992, a car bomb exploded on Tarata Street in the Miraflores district of Lima. This attack occurred in a context of intensifying violence in the capital, where the subversive groups Sendero Luminoso and MRTA increased their actions by carrying out continuous attacks against public and private entities. …
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Car bomb in Tarata
Car bomb attack perpetrated on Tarata Street in the Miraflores district of Lima. This attack was part of the escalation of violence by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso during 1992, a year in which the subversive organization intensified its terrorist actions in the capital. The attack occurred a little more than a …
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Car bomb in Tarata Street
On July 16, 1992, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso detonated a car bomb on Tarata Street, in the heart of the residential district of Miraflores in Lima. This action was part of the Shining Path's strategy of "sounding board" and "strategic balance" that sought to demonstrate their ability to strike even in …
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Attack on Tarata
The Tarata attack occurred on July 16, 1992 in Lima. According to the CVR report, this attack was part of a wave of Shining Path violence that culminated after the police intervention in the Canto Grande prison between June 6 and 9, 1992, which resulted in the assassination of prominent …
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Tarata bombing
Terrorist car bomb attack on Tarata Street, the most serious car bomb attack carried out by Shining Path in Lima. Through these attacks, the Shining Path accelerated its offensive on the capital while calculating the possibility of a U.S. intervention that would unleash a war of national liberation in the …
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Police intervention in Canto Grande prison
The police intervention in the Canto Grande prison took place between June 6 and 9, 1992, culminating in the assassination of prominent cadres of Socorro Popular of the PCP-SL. This action was one of the triggers of the wave of Shining Path violence that culminated in the attack on Tarata …
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Final Judgment: The Verdict in the Tarata Case Marks a Fundamental Milestone in the Fight Against Terror
Yesterday, Panel A of the National Criminal Court found 10 of the 12 terrorists (the reading of Moïsés Límaco's sentence was suspended because he is outside the country, while Elizabeth …
History of a Betrayal I
Abimael could have been captured two years earlier. Had Guzmán's capture been carried out, bloody attacks such as the one on calle Tarata could have been avoided. A few weeks …
History of a Betrayal II
Sendero and fujimontesinista paramilitaries flooded the country with blood from 1990 until the definitive capture of Guzmán in 1992. In the nearly two years (22 months) that elapsed between the …
From the Terrorism of Shining Path in Tarata to State Terrorism in La Cantuta
The secret history of the 28 hours that elapsed between the car bomb attack in Miraflores and the massacre of 9 students and a professor from La Cantuta, who were …
Tarata on Screen
Twenty-one years of armed conflict on celluloid. More than twenty-seven on paper. The aftermath of the subversion as potential literary and cinematic sequels. With the Golden Bear from the Berlin …