Capture of Abimael Guzmán

Operation Victoria
Part of the Internal conflict in Peru
House where Guzmán was captured
Location
Varsovia 459, Surquillo, Lima, Peru
Target Abimael Guzmán
Date12 September 1992
20:45 (GMT -5)
Executed byPeru Special Intelligence Group
OutcomeGovernment victory
  • Abimael Guzmán and other 4 senderistas captured
  • Start of the fall of the Shining Path

Operation Victoria, popularly known as "The Capture of the Century" (Spanish: La Captura del Siglo) or "The capture of Abimael Guzmán" (Spanish: La Captura de Abimael Guzmán), was an operation conducted by the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) on September 12, 1992 in which the leader of the guerrilla group the Shining Path, Abimael Guzmán, was captured. This marked the beginning of the end of the Peruvian Internal Conflict.

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