Defense Minister's announcement on actions against terrorism
Defense Minister Julio Velásquez Giacarini announced government actions against terrorism, proposed new legal provisions and specific financing for the anti-subversive fight, estimating that PCP-SL and MRTA had 1,500 troops each.
The Minister of Defense, General EP (r) Julio Velásquez Giacarini, announced that the government was preparing a series of actions to confront terrorism. He proposed to the Legislature the enactment of legal provisions to improve the current legislation and the creation of a specific source of financing for the anti-subversive fight. The Minister pointed out that both the PCP-SL and the MRTA had 1,500 men each at that time.