Appointment of Gen. Alberto Arciniegas as Political and Military Chief of Huallaga.
Installation of Gen. Arciniegas as Political and Military Chief of Huallaga after the Uchiza disaster.
On May 2, 1989, one month after the Uchiza disaster, President Alan Garcia appointed Gen. Alberto Arciniegas as Political and Military Chief of Huallaga. He was installed in his position in a public ceremony in Uchiza, attended by the President of the Republic, the Minister of Defense Gen. Enrique López Albújar and the Chief of the Joint Command Gen. Artemio Palomino Toledo. The Armed Forces assumed the mission of fighting drug trafficking.