Operation Chavín de Huantar was the name given to a military operation and to its team of hundred and forty commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces, who ended the 1997 Japanese embassy hostage crisis by raiding the Japanese ambassador's residence to free the hostages being held by the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
It is said that President Alberto Fujimori himself came up with the name Chavín de Huantar for the operation because to ma...
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Operation Chavín de Huantar was the name given to a military operation and to its team of hundred and forty commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces, who ended the 1997 Japanese embassy hostage crisis by raiding the Japanese ambassador's residence to free the hostages being held by the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
It is said that President Alberto Fujimori himself came up with the name Chavín de Huantar for the operation because to make the incursion possible tunnels were to be dug under the ambassador's residence from adjacent buildings. Chavín de Huantar is an archeological site in the central highlands of Peru which is famous for its underground passageways.
During the course of the assault on 22 April 1997, two commandos, one hostage, and all fourteen of the rebels died. The success of the operation was tainted by subsequent revelations that at least three and possibly eight of the rebels had been summarily executed by the commandos after surrendering.
In 2002, the...
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