Internal conflict in Peru
May 17, 1980 – 2000
Result First phase: Government victory
Insurgency of the Shining Path and smaller groups against the Peruvian state, which killed about 70,000 people, most of them in the Andean highlands.
Battles and events 2
April 5, 1992
April 22, 1997
Operation Chavín de Huántar
* All 72 hostages rescued * Effective dissolution of the MRTA
