Chavín de Huántar Command

Unit of the Peruvian Armed Forces

Chavín de Huántar Command
Comando Chavín de Huántar
Members during 21st anniversary celebrations
Active	January 1, 1997
Country	Peru
Branch	Peruvian Armed Forces Peruvian Army Peruvian Navy
Type	Special forces
Role	Counterterrorism
Size	148 men
Garrison/HQ	Chorrillos Military School
Patron	Inca Pachacútec
Motto(s)	We did it for Peru
Anniversaries	22 April
Engagements	Peruvian conflict Japanese embassy hostage crisis Operation Chavín de Huántar
Decorations	See list
Commanders
Notable commanders	José Williams

Military unit

The Special Counterterrorist Company "Chavín de Huántar" No. 61, commonly known as Chavín de Huántar Command (Spanish: Comando Chavín de Huántar), is the elite unit of Peru's special forces. It is made up of members of the Peruvian Army and Navy. They became known internationally after successfully rescuing the 72 hostages captured by the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis, on April 22, 1997, which has been described as one of the most successful military rescue operations in history.^[1]^[2]^[3] For their work, they have been legislatively declared “Heroes of Democracy.”^[4]

Decorations

2017: Heroes of Democracy (Spanish: Héroes de la Democracia), granted by the Congress of Peru.^[5]
2018: Military Order of Ayacucho, granted by president Pedro Pablo Kuckzynski.
2018:Defenders of Democracy, shared with tunnel engineers. Granted by Congress.
2019: Order of Merit [es], Grand Cross and Grand Officers, granted by president Martín Vizcarra.^[6]

References

^ www.lanacion.com.ar. "De Entebbe a Lima, otros rescates históricos". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ www.que.es. "Perú recrea el rescate en la residencia del embajador japonés tras 15 años de la operación". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ elcomercio.pe. "Chavín de Huántar y otros impresionantes rescates en el mundo". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ "LEY Nº 30554 LEY QUE DECLARA HÉROES DE LA DEMOCRACIA A LOS COMANDOS CHAVÍN DE HUÁNTAR".
^ "Chavín de Huántar: se cumplen 21 años del rescate de los rehenes". Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Comandos Chavín de Huántar serán reconocidos". Retrieved 30 March 2020.

Internal conflict in Peru (1980–present)

Participants			Timeline	Key aspects

			1968 Peruvian coup d'état Revolutionary Government Founding of the Shining Path Limazo Tacnazo Chuschi ballot burning incident Deng Xiaoping's dogs incident Assault of Ayacucho prison 1983 Lucanamarca massacre Putis massacre Accomarca massacre Peruvian prison massacres 1986 Soviet embassy attack in Lima Aucayacu massacre Assassination of Juan Carlos Vega Llona 1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima 1989 Callao bombing Three Martyrs of Chimbote Barrios Altos massacre 1992 Peruvian self-coup 1992 Bolivian embassy attack in Lima 1992 Peruvian embassy attack in Stockholm Santa massacre Frecuencia Latina bombing Tarata bombing La Cantuta massacre Japanese embassy hostage crisis Operation Chavín de Huántar Locumba uprising 2001 Peru shootdown 2002 Lima bombing Andahuaylazo Hatun Asha ambush Founding of the MPCP San Miguel del Ene attack Operation Patriot	Government policies and actions Peruvian Agrarian Reform Judiciary reform in Peru under Alberto Fujimori Economic policy of the Alberto Fujimori administration National Population Program Forced sterilization in Peru Truth and Reconciliation Commission Arrest and trial of Alberto Fujimori Illegal drug trade Illegal drug trade in Peru War on drugs Narcoterrorism Coca eradication Operation Snowcap Related Cold War Terruqueo San Cristóbal of Huamanga University VRAEM Huallaga River Women in the internal conflict in Peru
Shining Path and remnants	Government of Peru	MRTA
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path Militarized Communist Party of Peru Huallaga Faction (until 2012) Red Mantaro Base Committee FARC-EP in Peru Linked to Libya (until 2011) Hezbollah MOVADEF FUDEPP International Communist League Ethnocacerist movement Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (until 2012) FARC dissidents United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru Peruvian drug traffickers	Peruvian Armed Forces: Army Air Force Navy Peruvian Marines National Police Sinchis National Intelligence Service Special Intelligence Group Other: Rondas campesinas Sole National Central of Peasant Rounds of Peru Grupo Colina Rodrigo Franco Command Linked to United States DEA China Colombia Cuba North Korea Russia Spain Soviet Union (until 1991)	Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (until 1997) Linked to Cuba Libya Nicaragua Sandinista National Liberation Front Soviet Union (until 1991) 19th of April Movement Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front