Rodrigo Franco Command

The Rodrigo Franco Command was a paramilitary organization that acted as a death squad in Peru from 1985 to 1990. The group was closely aligned with the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), which governed Peru under Alan García during the years of the Rodrigo Franco Command's existence. The group took its name from Rodrigo Franco Montes, a member of the APRA who was assassinated by Shining Path militants.

According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the group committed various human rights violations, including the murder of a human rights lawyer, the murder of a member of the Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland), the murder of a member of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, and the placement of a car bomb in front of a newspaper's headquarters.

The Rodrigo Franco Command was trained in North Korea.[1]

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References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/world/death-gang-linked-to-peru-s-rulers.html The widespread belief that the group is linked to the ruling party, which is better known by the acronym APRA, has added to political uncertainty at a time of escalating guerrilla actions and an acute economic crisis bringing calls for President Garcia's resignation Already two years ago, the conservative weekly Oiga charged that the Deputy Interior Minister, Agustin Mantilla, was building a special security force for APRA. It also said that some 200 members of this force underwent training in North Korea, which has supplied automatic weapons to the Peruvian Police. Neither report was denied by the Government.
  • Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación. "Los Asesinatos del Comando Paramilitar Autodenominado Rodrigo Franco (1985-1990)." Available online. Accessed November 28, 2006.


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