Attempted coup aborted
Attempted coup d'état organized by retired generals aborted
An attempted coup d'état, organized by retired Army generals Jaime Salinas Sedó, José Pastor Vives and Víctor Ernesto Obando Salas; Major EP (r) Salvador Carmona Bernasconi; and active commanders Raúl Montero and Marcos Zárate Rotta was aborted. The operations were allegedly in charge of Major EP Hugo Ormeño Huapaya. All the military personnel involved were arrested. According to the magazine Sí, the group of coup plotters had among their intentions to eliminate presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos.
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Actors
Jaime Salinas Sedó
retired general, coup organizer
José Pastor Vives
retired general, coup organizer
Víctor Ernesto Obando Salas
retired general, coup organizer
Salvador Carmona Bernasconi
retired major, coup organizer
Raúl Montero
active commander, coup organizer
Marcos Zárate Rotta
active commander, coup organizer
Hugo Ormeño Huapaya
major, operations commander
Vladimiro Montesinos
presidential advisor, intended target
Sí
magazine reporting on the event