Incident due to disappearance of milestone 1424 on the border with Ecuador
Diplomatic incident between Peru and Ecuador caused by the disappearance of border marker 1424, which evidenced the Peruvian government's neglect of foreign policy.
In October 1991, a diplomatic incident occurred between Peru and Ecuador over the disappearance of border marker number 1424. This event revealed the carelessness with which the Peruvian Executive Branch had been treating the country's foreign policy. The incident generated tensions in bilateral relations between the two countries in an already complex context of historically conflictive border relations.