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Border incident of 1978
Part of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian rivalry

Map showing the armed clash.
DateJanuary 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
Border incident of 1978 Peruvian Army Border incident of 1978 Ecuadorian Army
Commanders and leaders
Border incident of 1978 Carlos Vassallo Doig
Border incident of 1978 Luis Alarcón Llerena
Border incident of 1978  ?

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.

  1. ^ 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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