State of emergency and curfew in Lima and Callao
On February 7, 1986, a state of emergency and curfew was decreed for sixty days in Lima and Callao following a series of terrorist attacks. The government suggested the participation of new subversive groups, including right-wing elements and former policemen.
The government decreed a state of emergency and a curfew for sixty days in the provinces of Lima and Callao. These measures were taken after a series of terrorist attacks in the capital city. When referring to these attacks, President Alan Garcia Perez suggested the participation of new subversive groups with right-wing ideology. The Minister of War, General EP Jorge Torres Aciego, claimed that the latest attacks had been caused by PCP-SL verde, a group composed of former policemen, interested in destabilizing the government.