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13511121992ConspiracyMilitary coup

Peru, 1992 — military coup conspiracy

Peru (PER)South America, AmericasNovember 12, 1992

Event Summary

This entry is coded 12 November 1992, corresponding to the counter-coup attempt in Peru led by retired General Jaime Salinas Sedo against President Alberto Fujimori. The plot, planned for 13 November 1992, was a response to Fujimori's 5 April 1992 self-coup, in which he had dissolved Congress and the judiciary and assumed full powers with military backing. The conspirators, a group of active and retired officers led by retired generals Salinas Sedo, Jose Pastor Vives, and Luis Palomino Rodriguez, did not intend to seize power themselves but to arrest Fujimori, Joint Command chief Nicolas Hermoza Rios, and intelligence advisor Vladimiro Montesinos at dawn and hand power to Maximo San Roman in order to restore constitutional order.

The immediate spark was a new decree letting Fujimori retire or dismiss officers at will. On 12 November the plot was revealed and cancelled; Fujimori fled the presidential palace and took refuge at army headquarters, then ordered the arrest of about twenty-five conspirators. In March 1993 the officers were sentenced to eight years for rebellion.

The 12 November 1992 coding matches the day the plot was uncovered.

Researched Details

Researched

Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.

Target identified in Coup Atlas research: Fujimori foiled the counter-coup, jailed the plotters, and stayed in power until 2000
RESEARCHED NAME
Key figures
President Alberto Fujimori (target)
retired General Jaime Salinas Sedo (plot leader)
co-conspirators Jose Pastor Vives and Luis Palomino Rodriguez

Sources

The 1992 Peruvian coup attempt was planned for 13 November 1992 by soldiers headed by retired general Jaime Salinas Sedo as a response to Fujimori's 5 April self-coup, and intended to restore democracy.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia: 1992 Peruvian coup attempt open source ↗
The conspirators planned to arrest Fujimori, Joint Command chief Nicolas Hermoza Rios, and advisor Vladimiro Montesinos at dawn and hand power to Maximo San Roman, but on 12 November the plot was revealed and cancelled, and Fujimori ordered the arrest of the 25 conspirators.
SOURCE REVIEWED Wikipedia: 1992 Peruvian coup attempt open source ↗
The army announced it had foiled a plot by a small group of retired officers to overthrow and assassinate Fujimori, who fled the presidential palace around 3 a.m. and took refuge in army headquarters while soldiers and armored vehicles took up positions around the palace.
SOURCE REVIEWED Washington Post: Coup Plot Is Foiled in Peru open source ↗
The immediate spark for the plot may have been the publication of new guidelines allowing the needs of the service, rather than a traditional point system, to determine military promotions, assignments, retirements, and dismissals, raising fears of presidential meddling in officers' careers.
SOURCE REVIEWED Washington Post: Coup Plot Is Foiled in Peru open source ↗

Editorial Note

Coded 12 Nov 1992 matches the day the Salinas Sedo plot was revealed and cancelled (the action was planned for 13 Nov). Verified. First Peru record in the run.

Cross-Reference

Datasets agree. At least two of the three reference datasets we check against carry this event, and none of them disagrees about its date or its result.

Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:

Cline Center id
13511121992
Albrecht/Koehler/Schutz (CAM) id
CAM-135-1992-11-13

How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.

Outcome and Target

Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Fujimori foiled the counter-coup, jailed the plotters, and stayed in power until 2000.

Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.

Baseline Dataset Citation

Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset, v2.2.2
Peyton, Buddy, Joseph Bajjalieh, Michael Martin, and Andrea Gerald. 2026. Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset. Cline Center for Advanced Social Research. V.2.2.2. February 17. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. doi: 10.13012/B2IDB-9651987_V10
⚑ This citation establishes the coded baseline record; use the claim-level sources above for the researched narrative.

Baseline Source-Document Entries

Chicago Tribune

“General Admits Peru Coup Plot Accused Says Aim Was to Restore ‘Normal’ Democracy,” November 18, 1992

Los Angeles Times

“Peru’s President Details Coup Plot Against Him,” November 15, 1992

Washington Post

“Coup Plot is Foiled in Peru,” November 14, 1992

Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra Golpe_de_Estado_en_Per%C3%BA_de_1992

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