Word: lurigancho
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speech, Garcia said that he had ordered the arrest of police chiefs and officers who had taken part in the storming of Lurigancho prison near Lima on June 18. At least 124 inmates died in the operation, including those killed after the prisoners had ended their resistance. Declared the President: "What happened after the surrender in Lurigancho is a crime that I will not silence." While condemning the police, Garcia strongly defended Peruvian marines who attacked another prison, on the island of El Fronton, where as many as 270 Shining Path disciples died...
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