Extension of state of emergency in Cuzco provinces
The government extends the state of emergency for sixty days in four provinces of the department of Cuzco (Chumbivilcas, Canas, Espinar and Canchis) as of May 9, 1991, through supreme decree 024-91-DE/SGP.
Through Supreme Decree 024-91-DE/SGP, the Peruvian government extended the state of emergency for a sixty-day period beginning May 9, 1991 in the provinces of Chumbivilcas, Canas, Espinar and Canchis, located in the department of Cuzco, in the context of the Alberto Fujimori government's counter-subversive struggle against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and MRTA. This measure is framed in the context of the counter-subversive struggle of Alberto Fujimori's government against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the MRTA. The state of emergency allowed the forces of law and order to operate with special powers in these areas considered critical for political violence.