Part of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru
Military vehicles during the coup attempt
Date
3–5 February 1975
Location
Lima, Peru
Result
Suppressed by the Peruvian Army
Belligerents
Government of Peru
Armed Forces
Peruvian Army
Investigative Police[1]
Peruvian police[a]
Republican Guard
Civil Guard
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
Student Revolutionary Alliance (ARE)
Anarchists
Commanders and leaders
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Units involved
Peruvian Army:
2nd Army Division[2]
Armored Division[3]
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.
^"Huelga policial: Cuando la anarquía tomó Lima". El Comercio. Archivo Histórico El Comercio. 2015-02-04.
^Panfichi, Aldo (1983). La crisis y las multitudes: Lima, 5 de febrero de 1975 (in Spanish). Lima: Fondo Editorial PUCP.
^Zileri Gibson, Enrique (2000). El 'Limazo'(PDF) (in Spanish). Caretas.
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Juan Velasco Alvarado
CIA (alleged)