Luis Giampietri
Luis Giampietri Rojas (b. 31 December 1940) is a retired admiral of the Peruvian Navy and a politician with the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance party. Giampietri ran successfully as Alan Garcia's vice-presidential candidate in the 2006 Peruvian election, and was sworn in on 28 July 2006.
Giampietri was one of the naval officers implicated in the repression of an uprising on El Fronton, a prison island off of the coast of Callao. The incident took place during Alan Garcia's administration, on June 18, 1986, after Shining Path prisoners staged an started a combat with mebers of the Armed Forces. The conflcit alsted three days. But in the end, the control of these prison was won again.On the other side, members from the Peruvian Armed Forces were killed by shotgun bullets in their heads, from shining path bunkers ammo.(inside the prison).
On December 17, 1996, Giampietri was taken hostage by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis. He reportedly concealed a radio from the MRTA throughout his captivity, and managed to contact the Peruvian security forces with it.
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