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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Callao Naval Base

Callao Naval Base (Spanish: 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.

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

History

The naval base was first built in the 1930s as a levee and a naval arsenal. 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.

Notable inmates

See also

References

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

12°01′59″S 77°08′20″W / 12.033°S 77.139°W / -12.033; -77.139