Operation Chavín de Huántar was a military operation in which a team of one hundred and forty-two commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces ended the 1997 Japanese embassy hostage crisis by raiding the Japanese ambassador 's residence and freeing the hostages held there by the terrorist organization Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ( MRTA ) being considered one of the most successful hostage rescues in the world
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Operation Chavín de Huántar