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Border incident of 1978
Part of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian rivalry
Map showing the armed clash.
Date
January 12-20, 1978
Location
Sub sector of Alto Cenepa
Result
Peruvian victory[1]
The Peruvian Army takes control of the base and the disputed area.
Peruvian troops resisted and repelled the attack.
Belligerents
Peruvian Army
Ecuadorian Army
Commanders and leaders
Carlos Vassallo Doig Luis Alarcón Llerena
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The Alto Cenepa confrontation was an armed clash that occurred in January 1978 on the de facto border between Ecuador and Peru in the Alto Cenepa area, Cordillera del Cóndor. The conflict arose from the advance of a detachment of the Ecuadorian Army into territory administered by Peru according to the Rio de Janeiro Protocol.
^Carlos Veli Galindo y Ernesto Villón Bruno. "Perú - Ecuador: Cuestión de Límites, Pág. 130-131". Biblioteca General y Aula Virtual del Ejército del Perú, 1ra. edición - 1997.
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