1992 Peruvian coup attempt
counter-coup d'état attempt
The 1992 Peruvian coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état planned to take place on November 13, 1992, by a group of soldiers from the Peruvian Army, Air Force and Navy, headed by retired general Jaime Salinas Sedó. It was a response to the self-coup of April 5 carried out by Alberto Fujimori, which led to the establishment of an emergency government. The plot intended to return democracy to the country.
Background
After the self-coup carried out on Sunday, April 5, by the then president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, with the support of the Armed Forces, the resulting government, called the Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction, dissolved or intervened in the democratic institutions, alleging the parliamentary blockade, the ineffectiveness of the Judiciary and the terrorist threat of the subversive groups Shining Path and Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
This regime consolidated its power thanks to the successful operation to capture Abimael Guzmán, leader of Shining Path, and his leadership, and the political repression of the opposition. Added to this was the end of pressure from the Organisation of American States for the violation of democratic legality thanks to the convocation of the Democratic Constituent Congress.
Coup
The military conspirators, led by retired generals Jaime Salinas Sedó, José Pastor Vives and Víctor Ernesto Obando Salas, planned an operation under the protection of the right to insurrection enshrined in the 1979 Constitution. Salinas and his allies did not intend to take power, but rather to restore democratic order and hand over command of the nation to Máximo San Román, then president by constitutional succession but not recognised.
The plan was to arrest Alberto Fujimori, Nicolás Hermoza Ríos, head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, and presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos at dawn. But on November 12, the plot was revealed and the operations were cancelled.
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