Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:26:54 -0500 From: Luis Quispe <lquispe-AT-blythe.org> Subject: M-G: PERU 1996 : Maoist Rebels Hit Old State 1996: HEROIC PEOPLE'S WAR ADVANCED VICTORIOUSLY PEOPLE'S ARMY ADVANCES AND TAKES OVER TOWNS. During July 18 and 19 a group of EPL mobile columns, applying the PCP's proletarian military line, converged and took control of the Damaso, Beraun and Chinchao districts in the provinces of Leoncio Prado and Huanuco. The EPL forces entered the towns of Cayumba Chico, San Miguel, Chaupiyunca, Paujil Pampa and adjacent villages. A similar deployment took place during the week of July 14 in zones around Las Vegas near Tingo Maria [El Comercio, July 23. 1996]. MORE WAVES OF PEOPLE'S WAR. A series of Maoist political-military operations were deployed throughout Lima during the last week of July. Red flags were hoisted in the districts of San Juan de Miraflores and Canto Grande, and grenades were launched in the Santa Marina Sur area. The headquarters of the National Police's Special Assault Division have been destroyed. The Army and National Police were placed in maximum red alert to conduct "pacification" campaigns; over 200 civilians were arrested [La Republica, July 29, 1996]. PCP COMBATANTS DESTROY GENERAL'S HOME AND PROPERTY. On the evening of July 29, another spectacular Maoist attack completely destroyed the private car and luxurious residence of the political-military chief of the Huallaga Front, Army General Manuel Guillermo Simon Varela Gamarra. Over 18 people were seriously wounded and 49 residences were damaged in the exclusive San Borja residential area. The house of Peru's Ambassador to France, Maria Luisa Federici, was also largely destroyed. The bomb, with 15 kilograms of pure dynamite, caused an spectacular explosion; the blast was heard in Fujimori's presidential palace. A number of pamphlets were found near the explosion site stating "genocidal drug dealing militaries and policemen shall receive JUST PUNISHMENT". General Simon Varela quickly left the Huallaga Front and arrived in Lima to inspect his ruins and gather whatever leftovers he could find; during a short interview he expressed serious concern for possible security flaws to protect his mansion [El Comercio, El Sol, La Republica and most papers, July 30, 1996]. LIMA. The editorial in the newspaper of Peru's oligarchy, El Comercio, announces "The recent Maoist attacks in our nation's capital are clear evidence that objectively we are before a new surge of Maoist subversion" [El Comercio, July 30, 1996]. PEOPLE'S ARMY TAKES TOWNS IN THE NORTH. EPL mobile columns, led by the PCP, took control of the towns of Sihuas and Chiquian (196 kilometers >from the city of Huaraz). The Maoist forces conducted armed propaganda and agitation; the local government representatives were asked to resign [El Sol, August 4, 1996]. PCP OFFENSIVE IN THE HUALLAGA FRONT. The reactionary Army and National Police mobilized their special forces in response to a recent Maoist military offensive in Huanuco. Armored helicopters and river gun boats supported the gigantic operation to capture various EPL columns operating in the area [La Republica, August 5, 1996]. Note: See the report from Caretas of August 9. NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE'S WAR. NATIONAL POLICE IN RED ALERT. During the first weeks of July the People's Army (EPL) led by the honest and respected Communist Party of Peru (PCP) conducted multiple armed actions in the North and South sectors of Peru's capital. The National Police supported by special forces units and tanks carried out a general mobilization to oppose the surge in Maoist political-military operations. In one operation the businesswoman (exploiter) Graciela Schiafino, wife of the Mayor in San Luis district and member of Fujimori's party Cambio 90, was attacked but she managed to escape in her car. In another action, 30 sticks of dynamite were thrown to the house of Tomas Valdez, a "black head" leading paramilitary death squads in Ate Vitarte. In the district of Rimac a private health center was raided and large amounts of medicines, medical equipment and electronic components were liberated [La Republica, July 10. 1996]. PCP COMBATANTS DESTROY REACTIONARY SPECIAL FORCES HEADQUARTERS. In the morning of July 26, at 2:20 am, a powerful car bomb with 27 kilograms of explosives destroyed the headquarters and barracks of the National Police's Special Assault Division (anti-riots corps). The surprise attack also damaged various adjacent government buildings and private offices in Lima's center. The four guards at the headquarters main entrance were critically wounded. After a careful inspection, the Civil Defense representative, Ramon Pinto, reported that 90% of the Assault Division's facilities were destroyed or seriously damaged [La Republica and most papers, July 27, 1996]. HUALLAGA. PEOPLE'S ARMY DEFEATS REACTIONARY ARMY. The counter-subversive base at Aucayacu (Leoncio Prado province) has been dismantled and abandoned after the retreat of the reactionary special forces from the area. The People's Army of Liberation (EPL) led by the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) has taken control of the province as a base for deploying future political-military operations. Big landlords and their collaborators escaped from the area and called for the reactionary Army's return [La Republica and most papers, July 18, 1996]. PEOPLE'S ARMY CONTROLS TOWN AND MAIN HIGHWAY. Various mobile columns of the People's Army (EPL) entered the town of Las Vegas (25 kilometers >from Tingo Maria) and took control of the main highway to the city of Pucallpa. The EPL deployed night military operations and during the daytime conducted political agitation and propaganda in massive public meetings [El Comercio, July 17, 1996]. LIMA. Three government buildings and a shopping center in the Lima-Callao area were attacked with dynamite and grenades. The targets were the headquarters of the Municipal Police and main Municipal building in Pachacamac, and a luxurious hotel in Miraflores [El Comercio and most papers, July 16, 1996]. LIMA. Fujimori's regime announced that 800 people accused of being "terrorists" have been captured by the armed forces and National Police during the first half of 1996, at the same time it acknowledged over 775 confrontations with the EPL in the same period [daily El Peruano, Aprodeh, July 19, 1996]. --- from list marxism-general-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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