Limazo

Limazo
Part of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru

Military vehicles during the coup attempt
Date3–5 February 1975
Location
Lima, Peru
Result Suppressed by the Peruvian Army
Belligerents

Government of Peru

Supported by:
Peruvians Nationalists
Velasquistas and Peruanistas

Peruvian police[a]

American Popular Revolutionary Alliance

  • Student Revolutionary Alliance (ARE)
Anarchists
Supported by
CIA (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Juan Velasco
Units involved

Peruvian Army:

Civil Guard:

  • 9th Region
    • Radio Patrulla Garrison

APRA militants

CIA (alleged)
Casualties and losses
16 dead
55 wounded		 70 dead
100 wounded
1,012 arrested
53 policemen prosecuted

The Limazo (from Lima and the Spanish suffix azo, meaning blow or violent), also known as the Febrerazo, was a police strike and attempted coup that occurred in the city of Lima that began on February 3, 1975. The unrest was allegedly instigated by the CIA and APRA, and was violently suppressed by the Peruvian Armed Forces by February 5.

The chaos and perceived lack of proper government response caused by the insurrection brought as a consequence the worsening of the political crisis faced by the government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, which would be deposed by a coup d'état by Francisco Morales Bermúdez in August 1975, ending the first phase of the revolutionary government.

  1. ^ "Huelga policial: Cuando la anarquía tomó Lima". El Comercio. Archivo Histórico El Comercio. 2015-02-04.
  2. ^ Panfichi, Aldo (1983). La crisis y las multitudes: Lima, 5 de febrero de 1975 (in Spanish). Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP.
  3. ^ Zileri Gibson, Enrique (2000). El 'Limazo' (PDF) (in Spanish). Caretas.


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