Callao Naval Base Explained

Callao Naval Base
Type:Naval base, prison
Ownership:Peruvian State
Operator:National Penitentiary Institute,
Peruvian Navy
Built:s
Current Commander:V.A. Jorge Millones Gonzales

Callao Naval Base (Spanish; Castilian: Base Naval del Callao) is the main naval base of the Peruvian Navy. Located north of the main port of Callao, it is also a high-security prison, where members of terrorist groups such as the Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) are located. The base hosts a dockyard and naval aviation base, as well as the Naval Medical Center, which contains the U.S. Navy's Naval Medical Research Unit Six.[1]

A project to modernise the base started in the northern part of the facility on June 21, 2023.[1]

History

The naval base was first built in the 1930s as a levee and a naval arsenal.[2] In 1992, then presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos proposed the construction of a penitentiary centre in the base, where he himself was confined after he was extradited from Venezuela in June 2001.[3]

Notable inmates

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: Comandante General de la Marina coloca la primera piedra de la nueva Base Naval del Callao . 2023-06-21 . Marina de Guerra del Perú.
  2. Web site: LA MARINA DE GUERRA DEL PERÚ S. XX . Marina de Guerra del Perú.
  3. News: Base Naval del Callao: todo lo que debes saber sobre esta instalación militar que custodia a peligrosos terroristas . 2021-08-26 . El Comercio.