First state of emergency declared in Ayacucho
First declaration of state of emergency in Ayacucho after Tambo attack
President Fernando Belaunde Terry declared for the first time a state of emergency in Ayacucho commanded by the FFPP through supreme decree 036-81-IN. The state of emergency was extended for sixty days to five Ayacucho provinces: Huanta, La Mar, Huamanga, Cangallo and Victor Fajardo. General GC Carlos Barreto Bretoneche assumed command of the zone. A contingent of 193 policemen, including forty sinchis, traveled with Barreto.