Uruguayan intrastate war
| Uruguayan intrastate war | ||||||||
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| Part of the Cold War in Latin America | ||||||||
Uruguayan soldiers detaining a car driver, 1972. | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Far-left guerrillas Tupamaros OPR-33 FARO Supported by: Cuba Soviet Union |
Uruguay Supported by: United States |
Far-right guerrillas Juventud Uruguaya de Pie Death Squads | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro (POW) Héctor Amodio Pérez Henry Engler (POW) Mauricio Rosencof (POW) Raúl Sendic (POW) |
Juan María Bordaberry Gregorio Álvarez Eduardo Zubía Ramón Trabal | Miguel Sofía (alleged) | ||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||
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Tupamaro militias OPR-33 militias Oriental Revolutionary Armed Forces |
Joint Forces |
JUP militias Comando Caza Tupamaros Comando Dan A. Mitrione Defensa Armada Nacionalista Comando Armando Leses Brigadas Nacionales Escuadrón de Justicia Oriental | ||||||
The Uruguayan intrastate war (Spanish: Guerra Interna) was a short military conflict in which the Uruguayan Government carried out a general crackdown on left-wing guerrillas through the implementation of martial law. The Intrastate War was declared by the Uruguayan Parliament on 15 April 1972.