Brief territorial conflict between Ecuador and Peru in early 1995
Fourth Ecuadorian-Peruvian War
Part of the Ecuadorian-Peruvian Conflicts
Ecuadorian and Peruvian military outposts in the Cenepa valley, January 1995
Date
26 January – 28 February 1995
(1 month and 2 days)
Location
Upper Cenepa River valley: in the eastern side of the Cordillera del Cóndor, Province of Condorcanqui, Región Amazonas, Republic of Ecuador, near to the border between the two countries [notes 1]
The territories in conflict are recognized as Peruvian. Tiwinza (elevation 1061) was recognized by the guarantors as Peruvian territory.
Ecuador loses the dispute over Alto Cenepa to Peru
Belligerents
Peru
Ecuador
Armament support by: Argentina
Chile
Commanders and leaders
Alberto Fujimori (President) Gen. Nicolás de Bari Hermoza Ríos (Army Commander in Chief) Brig-Gen. Vladimiro López Trigoso (Commander, 5th Jungle Infantry Division)
Sixto Durán Ballén (President) Gen. Paco Moncayo (Commander, Theatre of Land Operations)
The Cenepa War or Fourth Ecuadorian-Peruvian War (26 January – 28 February 1995), also known as the Alto Cenepa War, was a brief and localized military conflict between Ecuador and Peru, fought over control of an area in Peruvian territory (i.e. in the eastern side of the Cordillera del Cóndor, Province of Condorcanqui, Región Amazonas, Republic of Perú) near the border between the two countries.[notes 2] The two nations had signed a border treaty following the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941, but Ecuador later disagreed with the treaty as it applied to the Cenepa and Paquisha areas, and in 1960 it declared the treaty null and void. Most of the fighting took place around the headwaters of the Cenepa River.
Mediation efforts of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States paved the way for the opening of diplomatic conversations that ultimately led to the signing of a definitive peace agreement (the Brasilia Presidential Act) on 26 October 1998.[7] The peace agreement saw some of the territory being leased to Ecuador for a time. It was followed by the formal demarcation of the border on 13 May 1999 and the end of the multinational MOMEP (Military Observer Mission for Ecuador and Peru) troop deployment on 17 June 1999, which effectively put an end to one of the longest territorial disputes in the Western Hemisphere.[7]
Official estimates give a death toll of 94. Demining is expected to be completed in 2024. As of 2024, it is the most recent military conflict in the Americas between countries contesting sovereignty over territory.
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