What the records say
- When
- 12 Sep 1992
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 12.12° S, 77.00° W
- Description
- 1992 operation to capture terrorist leader Abimael Guzmán
Capture of Abimael Guzmán
1992 Peruvian military operation
Operation Victoria, popularly known as "The Capture of the Century" or "The capture of Abimael Guzmán", was an operation conducted by the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) on September 12, 1992 in which the leader of the guerrilla group the Shining Path, Abimael Guzmán, was captured. This marked the beginning of the end of the Peruvian Internal Conflict.
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