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Alberto Fujimoro, 1997 News

President of Peru, ordered a raid on Tupac Amaru guerillas in the Japanese embassy in April. They had been holding Japanese diplomats since they took over the embassy in December 1996. None of the 14 rebels survived the raid.


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