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Citibank
offices in Lima and 
San Borja, the 
SEARS
warehouse in San Luis, the 
IBM
warehouse in Breña, the 
Binational Center
in Lima and Chiclayo, and the 
Coca-Cola
bottling facility in Trujillo.
Other sites bombed during the month of April include the Chancery warehouse, the 
Dinner’s Club
office in San Isidro, the 
Summer Institute of Linguistics
in Lima, the 
ITT
facility in San Isidro, the 
Citibank
office in Miraflores, and the 
KODAK
facility in San 
Luis. In June, the Cayara massacre takes place; a
Peruvian military patrol killed about 20 
peasants in order to avenge a 
senderista
(Shining Path) attack nearby. In December, the 
MRTA unites with the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR, trans. 
Revolutionary Leftist Movement) at the First Central Committee. 
In 1987, the MRTA expands its operations to different regions around the 
country. It creates the Northeastern Front in the Peruvian jungles. In October, Lucero 
Cumpa, a Central Committee member, is arrested. On 6 November, an MRTA squad 
takes over the town of Juanjui for five hours. The second United Central Committee is 
created in 1988. On 10 August, Generals Hector Jerí and Enrique Ferreyros from the 
police are kidnapped. That same day, a car bomb goes off at the 
Centromin
offices in 
Lima. In September, MRTA members attack the 
Mining Society of Peru 
offices. During 
the same year, MRTA launches two mortar attacks from Arenales Avenue into the U.S. 
Ambassador’s residence—one landed on the roof, the other hit the perimeter fence.
On 13 March of 1989, an MRTA squad takes over the town of Pichanaki, in 
Chanchamayo district. On 1 May, an MRTA squad attacks the police station at the 
Tablada de Lurín. On 5 October, television director Héctor Delgado Parker is kidnapped.
During this year, Victor Polay Campos, the MRTA’s founder and current leader, is 
captured for the first time and placed in the Canto Grande state prison in Lima.
On 9 July of 1990, 47 MRTA members, including Victor Polay Campos, escape 
the Canto Grande penitentiary through a 332-meter underground tunnel built by the 
MRTA. Following their escape, they conduct a mortar attack at the Joint Armed Forces 
Command. Later on that year, MRTA assassinates Peruvian Army General Enrique 
López Albújar. The MRTA bombs the U.S. Embassy warehouse, the 
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in Lima, the 
Binational Center
in Trujillo, mortar attacks the U.S. Consulate, 
and fires at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence. Alberto Fujimori, a university professor, 
assumes presidency for the first time in Peru.
On 14 January of 1991, MRTA attacks the Ministry of Interior with a car bomb.
On 5 February, a car bomb goes off in front of the U.S. Embassy. On 11 March, an 
MRTA team frees Lucero Cumpa (a.k.a. Comandante "Liliana"); their getaway driver is 
killed during the rescue. In May, MRTA kidnaps nine members of the PNP in Rioja. 
In 
August, Law 25237, which establishes a peace council, is approved under the initiative of 
Carlos Torres y Torres Lara, then head of the cabinet. This peace council was established 
to involve diverse sectors of civil society in drawing up a national peace plan (Arnson, 
1999, p. 212). 
In November, the famous “November Decrees” are passed, strengthening 
an exclusively military response to the problem of violence in Peru. More MRTA 
bombings continue during this year at the 
Binational Centers
in Huancayo and Cuzco, the