Special Intelligence Group

Peruvian intelligence agency

DIRCOTE

JurisdictionPeruHeadquartersLimaEmployees86^[1]Annual budgetUS$ 1,500 (monthly)^[2]Agency executive

Marco Miyashiro [es], Commander

The Special Intelligence Group^[3]^[4]^[5] (Spanish: Grupo Especial de Inteligencia, GEIN)^[6] was an elite unit of the National Police of Peru created within its National Directorate Against Terrorism with the purpose of locating and capturing the leadership bodies of terrorist groups operating since 1980: the Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.

This unit is historically remembered for having carried out the capture of Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán, who was arrested along with part of his central committee on September 12, 1992. After this, it was dissolved on October 3, 1993, becoming the Regional Terrorism Investigation Department 1 (Spanish: Departamento de Investigación de Terrorismo Regional 1, DITER 1).^[7] For their work, the group's former members have been declared "Heroes of Democracy" since 2017.^[6]

In popular culture

The group is featured in the 2017 Peruvian film The Last Hour.^[8]

References

^ "Ministerio del Interior rinde homenaje a 86 miembros del GEIN por su lucha contra el terrorismo". Gob.pe. Ministerio del Interior. 2018-09-12.
^ "GEIN tenía un presupuesto de solo $1500". Diario Correo. 2012-09-10.
^ "Peru decorates GEIN members for role in terrorist leader's capture". Andina. 2017-09-12.
^ "Peru's anti-terror Intelligence Group declared democracy heroes". Andina. 2017-09-04.
^ Ortiz, Verónica (2020). ANFASEP Memory Museum «So it does not happen again» (PDF) (1st ed.). Lima: ANFASEP / UNMSM. pp. 28, 32. ISBN 978-612-4474-09-5.
^ ^a ^b "Ley No 30655: Ley que declara Héroes de la Democracia a los miembros del Grupo Especial de Inteligencia GEIN - DIRCOTE - PNP". El Peruano. 2017-09-06.
^ Colchado Huamani, Harvey Julio. Mejorar las investigaciones policiales desarrolladas por las unidades especializadas de investigación criminal de la PNP en los megaoperativos, en la lucha contra el crimen organizado vinculado a las principales economías ilegales del país, durante el periodo agosto 2016 - abril 2020 (PDF) (Thesis). Lima: PUCP. p. 80.
^ LR, Redacción (2021-09-12). "La hora final en Netflix: la película peruana sobre captura de Abimael Guzmán". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-14.

Internal conflict in Peru (1980–present)

Participants			Timeline	Key aspects

			1968 Peruvian coup d'état Revolutionary Government Founding of the Shining Path Limazo Tacnazo Chuschi ballot burning incident Deng Xiaoping's dogs incident Assault of Ayacucho prison 1983 Lucanamarca massacre Putis massacre Accomarca massacre Peruvian prison massacres 1986 Soviet embassy attack in Lima Aucayacu massacre Assassination of Juan Carlos Vega Llona 1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima 1989 Callao bombing Three Martyrs of Chimbote Barrios Altos massacre 1992 Peruvian self-coup 1992 Bolivian embassy attack in Lima 1992 Peruvian embassy attack in Stockholm Santa massacre Frecuencia Latina bombing Tarata bombing La Cantuta massacre Japanese embassy hostage crisis Operation Chavín de Huántar Locumba uprising 2001 Peru shootdown 2002 Lima bombing Andahuaylazo Hatun Asha ambush Founding of the MPCP San Miguel del Ene attack Operation Patriot	Government policies and actions Peruvian Agrarian Reform Judiciary reform in Peru under Alberto Fujimori Economic policy of the Alberto Fujimori administration National Population Program Forced sterilization in Peru Truth and Reconciliation Commission Arrest and trial of Alberto Fujimori Illegal drug trade Illegal drug trade in Peru War on drugs Narcoterrorism Coca eradication Operation Snowcap Related Cold War Terruqueo San Cristóbal of Huamanga University VRAEM Huallaga River Women in the internal conflict in Peru
Shining Path and remnants	Government of Peru	MRTA
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path Militarized Communist Party of Peru Huallaga Faction (until 2012) Red Mantaro Base Committee FARC-EP in Peru Linked to Libya (until 2011) Hezbollah MOVADEF FUDEPP International Communist League Ethnocacerist movement Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (until 2012) FARC dissidents United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru Peruvian drug traffickers	Peruvian Armed Forces: Army Air Force Navy Peruvian Marines National Police Sinchis National Intelligence Service Special Intelligence Group Other: Rondas campesinas Sole National Central of Peasant Rounds of Peru Grupo Colina Rodrigo Franco Command Linked to United States DEA China Colombia Cuba North Korea Russia Spain Soviet Union (until 1991)	Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (until 1997) Linked to Cuba Libya Nicaragua Sandinista National Liberation Front Soviet Union (until 1991) 19th of April Movement Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front