Operation Victoria

Quand

12 sept. 1992

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

12.12° S, 77.00° W

Description

1992 operation to capture terrorist leader 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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