Operation Victoria

Operation Victoria (1992)
Part of the Peruvian Internal Conflict
House where members of Shining Path were captured
TypeMilitary Operation
Location
Varsovia Street 459, Surquillo, Lima, Peru
ObjectiveAbimael Guzmán
Date12 September 1992
20:45 (GMT -5)
Executed bySpecial Intelligence Group
OutcomeSuccessful operation
  • Capture of Abimael Guzmán and other 4 senderistas.
  • Start of the fall of the Shining Path.

The Operation Victoria, popularly known as "The Capture of the Century" (Spanish: La Captura del Siglo) or "The capture of Abimael Guzmán" (Spanish: La Captura de 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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