“The Assault of the Ayacucho Prison, March 2-3, 1982. The Night that Changed Peru”

On March 2, 1982, approximately seventy-five Shining Path guerrillas neutralized the police and attacked the Ayacucho jail. This stunning raid allowed about eighty of their comrades to escape as well as 175 common prisoners. Two police and ten suspected guerrillas died. Two hours later, dazed and frustrated police murdered three patients, Shining Path suspects, in the Ayacucho hospital.

Presented by Dr. Charles Walker, Professor History, UC-Davis.