Appointment of General Juan Balaguer as Senior Director of the Civil Guard
On June 3, 1983, General Juan Balaguer was appointed Superior Director of the Civil Guard, returning to that position after two years. This appointment took place in a context of intensification of the anti-subversive struggle in the country.
General GC Juan Balaguer was appointed Superior Director of the Civil Guard on June 3, 1983. This appointment signified his return to that position after two years of absence. The appointment took place in a context of intense anti-subversive activity and reorganization of the police forces in the country. Balaguer's appointment occurred in the same month that President Fernando Belaunde Terry visited Ayacucho and publicly supported General EP Clemente Noel Moral, who was leading the military operations in the emergency zone.