Release of the businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres
In an operation, businessman Raul Hiraoka Torres, kidnapped by members of the MRTA, was freed while being held captive in a house in Lima, known as the people's prison. The Chileans Castillo Petruzzi, Pincheira Sáez, Mellado Saavedra and Astorga Valdez were captured in the operation.