Internal Conflicts in Peru: Capture of Abimael Guzman

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Capture of Abimael Guzman

On March 5, 1990, the Special Intelligence Group (Gein) was formed within the National Police's Anti-Terrorism Directorate (Dircote), and Major Benedicto Jimenez Bacca was appointed as its leader.

Twelve operations

General Marco Miyashiro, one of the men who participated in "Operation Victory," writes in his book Memories of a Policeman (published in 2021) that both the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) and SL suffered heavy losses as a result of the 12 "police intelligence operations carried out by the GEIN, which allowed the pacification of Peru to begin."

The first house that Abimael Guzmán Reinoso (1934-2021) had lived in Lima was possible to find thanks to the first of these, the so-called "operation ISA", which was launched on June 1, 1980. According to Miyashiro, the results of the operation "demonstrated that the methodology of police operational intelligence was sufficient".

The sixth GEIN operation, which concluded on June 22, 1991, allowed the "neutralization of the apparatus of the Socorro Popular del Per party", a front organization of the SL. And then. The eleventh operation, "Victoria", which has also been baptized as "The capture of the century", began on September 12, 1992 and led to the capture of Guzman, who was hiding in a two-story house at number 459, 1st Street, Urbanization Los Sauces, in the district of Surquillo. Guzman was captured in this operation.

"Cheeky" is elusive

Finding Guzman had proved to be a very challenging task. Enter Abimael. In his article "El camino del terror" of 2021, journalist Umberto Jara explains that comrade Gonzalo "never inhabited a hideout for long and for this he used a logistics composed of faithful women (.) and specifically a former nun of British descent , Nelly Evans Risco, in charge of the finances and rent of the properties without raising any red flags due to her monastic status and the fact that she signed the contracts with an English passport.

Add to this information that all the police had on Guzman was an old photo from 1979. Since the terrorist leader can be seen dancing to "Zorba, the Greek" on some of the tapes police discovered in a Santa Catalina home in Dec. 1991. Guzman constantly orchestrated terror from Lima.

The capital had been plunged into darkness just four days before the capture after SL detonated several high-tension pylons. It was confirmed that there were additional occupants in the guard house, as Miyashiro claims, due to a flash on the second floor.

That Saturday, September 12, 1992, after eight o'clock at night, an elite unit of the anti-subversive police entered the Surquilla house and discovered Guzman Reinoso, "Chairman Gonzalo".The agents 'Squirrel' and 'Seagull', who appeared to be a couple in love and were enjoying a drink in a nearby bar, took advantage of the departure of the dancer's uncle, composer Celso Garrido Lecca, and his partner, Patricia Awapara. They had gone to visit. It was an unforgettable moment, and they forced their way into the house. According to reports, 15 Gein agents participated in this operation, according to Miyashiro.

The words "positive for Cachetón" were heard as Guzman's identity was established. "Bingo, bingo, we got Cachetón!" then said repeatedly over the radio. In that house, the second floor was where it all happened. The police intelligence work had been successful. The Peruvians could rest easy.

Reference: 30 años de la captura del cabecilla de SL, Abimael Guzmán. (s. f.). Noticias | Diario Oficial El Peruano. https://www.elperuano.pe/noticia/190581-30-anos-de-la-captura-del-cabecilla-de-sl-abimael-guzman

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