April 5 coup d'état
Fujimori's coup d'état toughens anti-terrorist legislation and expands military power
Coup d'état by means of which the Fujimori government broke the constitutional order and enacted a series of provisions that tightened the anti-terrorist legislation without contemplating the respect of minimum guarantees of due process. Military prerogatives were extended, expanding its power in emergency zones and in counter-subversive activity, thus expanding the discretionality of the forces of law and order in a clear reduction of democratic controls.