The Story of the Coup - Opinion Column
Four years ago, on April 5, 1992, at 9 in the morning, on the fifth floor of the Pentagonito, Vladimiro Montesinos and Nicolás Hermoza briefed the commanders of the five military regions on the state of the country. Sendero Luminoso was on the verge of seizing power if extraordinary measures were not taken, they told them. General Rodolfo Robles, then commander of the Third Military Region (Arequipa), recounts in this edition of CARETAS the details of that meeting. Published April 3, 1996.