Arrest of Operation Aries
A large-scale military operation launched in April 1994 in the Huallaga region was halted in May of the same year due to confirmed reports of serious human rights violations against civilian populations.
Operation Aries was a large-scale military operation launched in April 1994 in the Huallaga region, as part of the counter-subversive strategy in an area that remained violent while the rest of the country was increasingly pacified. However, the operation was halted in May of the same year in the face of complaints confirmed by the National Human Rights Coordinator of serious human rights violations against civilian populations settled in the areas of the operation. This detention highlighted the tensions between military effectiveness and respect for human rights in counter-subversive operations. The operation was part of a broader strategy that included the law of repentance and alternative development programs to combat subversion in the region.