Operation Chameleon (Peru)

Operation Camaleón
Part of the Internal conflict in Peru
The bodies of "Alipio" and "Gabriel" in Mazamari
Date August 11, 2013 Location Llochegua District, Ayacucho, Peru Result Successful operation Establishment of the MPCP and break with Gonzalo Thought.
Belligerents
Peruvian Army Peruvian Police	Shining Path
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Comrade Alipio † Comrade Gabriel † Comrade Alfonso †
Strength
1 brigade	3 terrorists
Casualties and losses
None	3 killed

Operation Chameleon (Spanish: Operación Camaleón) was an anti-terrorist operation carried out on August 11, 2013, by the Peruvian Armed Forces and the Peruvian National Police that resulted in the death of Alejandro Borda Casafranca (Comrade Alipio), number two of the remnants of the Shining Path and Martín Antonio Quispe Palomino (Comrade Gabriel).