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Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
Description
Traditional Marxist-Leninist revolutionary movement formed in 1983.
Currently struggling to remain viable. Has suffered from defections and
government counterterrorist successes in addition to infighting and loss of
leftist support. objective remains to rid Peru of "imperialism" and
establish Marxist regime.
Activities
Bombings, kidnappings, ambushes, assassinations. Previously responsible for
large number of anti-US attacks; recent activity has dropped off
dramatically.
Strength
Unknown; greatly diminished in past year.
Location/Area of Operation
Peru; provided assistance in Bolivia to Bolivian ELN.
External Aid
None.
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SELECTED INCIDENT CHRONOLOGY
MARCH, 1984:
MACHINEGUNNED THE RESIDENCE OF A FORMER MINISTER OF ECONOMY.
SEPTEMBER, 1984:
MURDERED A NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER IN A MACHINEGUN ATTACK ON A
GUARD POST AT THE LIMA NAVAL HOSPITAL.
OCTOBER, 1984:
FIRED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE U.S. EMBASSY BUILDING.
MARCH, 1985:
SET FIRE TO TWO KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN RESTAURANTS AND ATTEMPTED TO
IGNITE A THIRD.
JULY, 1985:
WOUNDED THREE CIVILIANS IN SHOOTING AND BOMBING ATTACKS ON SIX LIMA
POLICE STATIONS.
NOVEMBER, 1985:
BOMBED THE LIMA OFFICES OF THE TEXACO CORPORATION.
NOVEMBER, 1985:
FIRED SHOTS INTO THE U.S. EMBASSY COMPOUND AND ATTEMPTED TO THROW A
BOMB, WHICH DETONATED ON A SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY.
JANUARY, 1986:
OCCUPIED TWO RADIO STATIONS AND BRADCAST A PROTEST OF U.S. SENATOR
EDWARD KENNEDY.
APRIL, 1986:
BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR A CAR BOMB AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER BOMBS AT U.S AND U.S.-
AFFILIATED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING BANKS AND BUSINESSES.
AUGUST, 1986:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBS PLACED IN TWO GOVERNMENT OF PERU
MINISTRY BUILDINGS A FEW DAYS AFTER ANNOUNCING AN END TO A SELF-
PROCLAIMED TRUCE WITH THE GARCIA GOVERNMENT.
SEPTEMBER, 1986:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ATTACK ON THE EMBASSY OF CHILE IN
SOLIDARITY WITH LEFTIST GROUPS OPPOSING THE PINOCHET GOVERNMENT IN
CHILE.
DECEMBER, 1986:
DYNAMITED SEVERAL U.S. OR U.S.- AFFILIATED FACILITIES. SLOGANS
PAINTED ON THE BUILDINGS ANNOUNCED THE MERGER OF THE MRTA AND THE
MIR.
JANUARY, 1987:
AMBUSHED AND MURDERED AN ARMY RECRUITING OFFICER IN HUANCAYO.
JANUARY, 1987:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING A BUILDING WHICH HOUSED THE
OFFICES OF A U.S. AIRLINE, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE EMBASSY OF
AUSTRIA.
FEBRUARY, 1987:
TOOK OVER SIX RADIO STATIONS IN LIMA TO DENOUNCE THE GOVERNMENT.
FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1987:
BOMBED SEVERAL BRANCHES OF PERU'S LARGEST BANKS.
MARCH, 1987:
TOOK OVER A RADIO STATION, INVADED A CHURCH, AND OCCUPIED A
PRIVATE MANUFACTURING CONCERN TO GIVE REVOLUTIONARY SPEECHES AND
URGE PARTICIPATION IN THE "ARMED STRUGGLE." THIS FORM OF
PROPAGANDIZING WAS A NEW MODUS OPERANDI FOR THE MRTA-MIR GROUPS.
MARCH, 1987:
DYNAMITED A CONTAINER COMPANY. A MANAGER WHO CHASED ONE TERRORIST
WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY OTHER TERRORISTS DURING THEIR ESCAPE.
APRIL, 1987:
TOOK OVER A RADIO STATION IN TACNA AND BROADCAST A FIFTEEN MINUTE
PRERECORDED MESSAGE CALLING FOR ARMED STRUGGLE AGAINST THE GARCIA
GOVERNMENT.
MAY, 1987:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLOWING UP FOUR BUSES IN SUPPORT OF
NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE; AGAIN TOOK OVER LIMA RADIO STATIONS TO
BROADCAST PRO-MRTA MESSAGES.
JUNE, 1987:
INVADED TWO RADIO STATIONS IN LIMA AND FORCED THEM TO BROADCAST A
TAPE MARKING THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF A MRTA ATTACK DURING THE
ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT BELAUNDE.
JUNE, 1987:
DETONATED A CAR BOMB NEAR THE SUBURBAN LIMA BRANCH OF BANCO DE
CREDITO; MRTA PROPAGANDA WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE.
AUGUST, 1987:
BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR A GRENADE ATTACK AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE.
SEPTEMBER, 1987:
BY SEPTEMBER HAD CONDUCTED SOME 39 BOMBINGS AT MAJOR BANKING
FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO BOMBINGS AT GOVERNMENT OFFICES,
UNIVERSITY SITES, AND U.S.-OWNED BUSINESS LOCATIONS.
OCTOBER, 1987:
SET OFF SMALL BOMBS AT THE BOLIVIAN EMBASSY AND AN ANNEX OF THE
U.S. CONSULATE.
NOVEMBER, 1987:
A COLUMN OF MORE THAN EIGHTY MRTA INSURGENTS STAGED A CAREFULLY
PLANNED, WELL-PUBLICIZED TAKEOVER OF JUANJUI, SAN MARTIN PROVINCE,
DEPARTING THE AREA BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF GOVERNMENT SECURITY
FORCES.
FEBRAURY, 1988:
CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES IN BOMBINGS OF SHELL OIL
OFFICES, A PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY, A FURNITURE STORE, AND THE
ARMCO PERU PLANT IN LIMA.
MARCH, 1988:
BOMBED THE LIMA HEADQUARTERS OF ANGLO-NETHERLANDS ROYAL DUTCH
SHELL OIL COMPANY, INJURING TWO PERSONS AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE.
APRIL, 1988:
SIMULTANEOUSLY BOMBED TWO LIMA U.S. INFORMATION SERVICE (USIS)
BINATIONAL CENTERS, DAMAGING THEIR FACADES AND INJURING TWO.
JUNE, 1988:
FIRED THREE 60MM MORTAR ROUNDS AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR. THE ATTACK CAUSED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.
JULY, 1988:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR KIDNAPPING A PERUVIAN BUSINESSMAN.
JANUARY, 1989:
ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. IN THE FAILED
ATTEMPT, FOUR BODYGUARDS WERE WOUNDED.
JANUARY, 1989:
FIREBOMBED A LIMA RESTAURANT FREQUENTED BY U.S. DIPLOMATS. THERE
WERE NO CASUALTIES.
FEBRUARY, 1989:
RAIDED AND LOOTED A STATE-OWNED OIL FIELD CAMP. NO CASUALTIES.
MARCH, 1989:
BOMBED THE VENEZUELAN EMBASSY IN LIMA. NO CASUALTIES.
OCTOBER, 1989:
BOMBED THE U.S. - PERU BINATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER IN LIMA.
OCTOBER, 1989:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KIDNAPPING A RADIO/TELEVISION
MAGNATE.
DECEMBER, 1989:
BOMBED THE U.S. - PERU BINATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER IN AREQUIPA. NO
CASUALTIES.
DECEMBER, 1989:
BOMBED A MORMON CHAPEL IN TARAPOTO. NO CASUALTIES.
JANUARY, 1990:
BOMBED THE RESIDENCE OF THE U.S. MARINE EMBASSY GUARDS IN LIMA.
ONE PASSERBY INJURED.
FEBRUARY, 1990:
BOMBED THE U.S. EMBASSY WAREHOUSE, THE PANAMANIAN EMBASSY, AND THE
OFFICES OF A U.S. - AFFILIATED COMPANY. NO CASUALTIES.
JULY, 1990:
FORTY EIGHT MRAT MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE GROUP'S LEADER, ESCAPED
FROM PRISON.
JULY, 1990:
BOMBED THE U.S. - PERU BINATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER IN CUSCO. NO
CASUALTIES.
JULY, 1990:
BOMBED THE LIMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NO CASUALTIES.
NOVEMBER, 1990:
BOMBED THE OFFICES OF THE XEROX CORPORATION AND A SYNAGOGUE IN
LIMA. NO CASUALTIES.
NOVEMBER, 1990:
CONDUCTED A ROCKET ATTACK AGAINST THE U.S. CONSULATE IN LIMA. NO
CASUALTIES.
NOVEMBER, 1990:
BOMBED THE RESIDENCE OF THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO PERU AND THE
U.S. - PERU BINATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER IN LIMA. NO CASUALTIES.
DECEMBER, 1990:
BOMBED THE U.S., SOVIET, AND JAPANESE EMBASSIES, PLUS TWO
DEPARTMENT STORES AND A SUPERMARKET IN LIMA. NO CASUALTIES.
DECEMBER, 1990:
CAR BOMB AT A SHOPPING MALL IN LIMA. NO CASUALTIES.
FEBRUARY, 1991:
BOMBED THE BRITISH CULTURAL CENTER IN LIMA. NO CASUALTIES.
FEBRUARY, 1991:
BOMBED A U.S. - AFFILIATED SECURITY FIRM WHICH SERVED THE U.S.
EMBASSY. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED.
FEBRUARY, 1991:
BOMBED TWO RESTUARANTS (KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN & PIZZA HUT).
SIX PERSONS WERE INJURED AT THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN SITE.
MARCH, 1991:
BOMBED TWO MORMON CHAPELS IN CHICLAYO. ONE INJURY. ADDITIONAL
BOMBS WERE DOSCOVERED AND DISARMED AT TWO OTHER MORMON CHAPELS.
NOVEMBER, 1991:
GRENADE ATTACK AGAINST PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. THREE WERE HURT.
NOVEMBER, 1991:
UNSUCCESSFUL MORTAR AND CAR BOMB ATTACK AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL
PALACE IN LIMA. NO INJURIES.
MARCH, 1992:
CONDUCTED SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS AGAINST TWO RESTAURANTS IN LIMA,
CLAIMING THAT THE MANAGERS HAD ACTED IN A "REPRESSIVE" MANNER
DURING A PAY DISPUTE. ONE RESTAURANT WAS BOMBED AND THE OTHER WAS
BURNED. THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES.
MARCH, 1992:
FIVE BOMBS DAMAGED AN ELECTRICAL POWER GRID BLACKING OUT PART OF
THE CITY OF TRUJILLO.JULY, 1992:
CONDUCTED MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON AT LEAST FOUR TOWNS. IN THE COURSE
OF THE ATTACKS AT LEAST FOUR BANKS WERE LOOTED. TWO POLICE
OFFICERS, ONE ARMY OFFICER, AND FIVE CIVILIANS WERE REPORTED
KILLED. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED.
AUGUST, 1992:
TUPAC AMARU DETONATED A MINE IN LIMA'S MIRAFLORES DISTRICT,
FORCING AN ARMY TRUCK OFF OF A CLIFF. FIVE OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE
TRUCK WERE KILLED AND SIX WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. A PASSERBY WAS
REPORTED KILLED.
AUGUST, 1992:
OCCUPIED THE OFFICES OF UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL IN LIMA AND
FORCED A CORRESPONDENT TO TRANSMIT A MESSAGE DENOUNCING PRESIDENT
FUJIMORI OVER THE UPI WIRE. THE TERRORISTS LEFT BEHIND A BOMB
WHICH WAS DISARMED.
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THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, AND PUBLIC MEDIA SOURCE DOCUMENTS.