A commando of 14 MRTA members stormed the residence of Japanese Ambassador Morihisa Aoki on December 17, 1996. The hostage crisis lasted for more than four months. On April 22, 1997, the crisis ended with a military intervention that left 17 victims: Supreme Court member Carlos Giusti, two Army officers, …
At 8:35 p.m., a commando of 14 MRTA members stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador, Morihisa Aoki. Two hours after the takeover, the MRTA members allow the women and elderly to leave, but hold about 490 hostages. MRTA demands that the government release all MRTA prisoners. The crisis would …
The hostage crisis that began on December 17, 1996, when a commando of 14 MRTA members stormed the residence of Japanese Ambassador Morihisa Aoki, ended with a military intervention. The operation resulted in 17 fatalities: Supreme Court vowel Carlos Giusti, two Army officers and the 14 emerretistas who had stormed …
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