Peru: Information on a "lighting" anti-drug police operation in the village of Huacrachuco, department of Huánuco, on 2 March 1988, and whether this region was under a state of emergency at the time
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PER13473 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Peru: Information on a "lighting" anti-drug police operation in the village of Huacrachuco, department of Huánuco, on 2 March 1988, and whether this region was under a state of emergency at the time, 1 April 1993, PER13473, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abe794.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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The only March 1988 reference to Huacrachuco found among the sources currently available to the DIRB refers to an attack against a police station. In mid-March 1988 an armed column of guerrillas belonging to the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) reportedly attacked the Huacrachuco police station, but was repelled by a dozen policemen (AFP 19 Mar. 1988). The police high commands of Trujillo (department of La Libertad) and Chiclayo (department of Lambayeque) chose to send reinforcements by helicopter "because the police station is in a town surrounded by jungle" (Ibid.).
In mid-March 1988 Peruvian television reported that the government "extended the state of emergency for 60 days in several provinces of Apurímac, Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Hu nuco departments" (Televisión Peruana 17 Mar. 1988). The only available report, however, does not specify which provinces of the department of Hu nuco were under the state of emergency at the time.
Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
References
Televisión Peruana [Lima, in Spanish]. 19 March 1988. "State of Emergency Extended in Provinces." (FBIS-LAT-88-054 21 March 1988, p. 45)
Agence France Presse (AFP) [Paris, in Spanish]. 17 March 1988. "Huacrachuco Police Station Hit." (FBIS-LAT-88-054 21 March 1988, p. 44)
