Faced with opposition to his reform efforts , Fujimori dissolved Congress in the '' auto-golpe '' ( " self-coup " ) of 5 April 1992 . He then revised the constitution ; called new congressional elections ; and implemented substantial economic reform , including privatization of numerous state-owned companies , creation of an investment-friendly climate , and sound management of the economy . Fujimori 's administration was dogged by insurgent groups , most notably the Sendero Luminoso , who carried out terrorist campaigns across the country throughout the 1980s and 1990s . Fujimori cracked down on the insurgents and was successful in largely quelling them by the late 1990s , but the fight was marred by atrocities committed by both the Peruvian security forces and the insurgents : the Barrios Altos massacre and La Cantuta massacre by Government paramilitary groups , and the bombings of Tarata and Frecuencia Latina by Sendero Luminoso . Those incidents subsequently came to symbolize the human rights violations committed in the last years of violence
La Cantuta massacre
La Cantuta massacre
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