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MID#2126
Dispute Number: 2126
Date(s): January 27, 1911
Participants: 135 Peru/130 Ecuador
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Peruvian troops attacked an Ecuadorian village, killing two Ecuadorian
policemen and several civilians. Ecuador claimed that Peru was trying to free four
Peruvian criminals. Peru claimed that Ecuadorian troops had started it.
Coding changes: End Date changed from January 28, 1911.
MID#1148
Dispute Number: 1148
Date(s): April 22, 1912 to March 1913
Participants: 135 Peru/130 Ecuador
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On April 22, 1912, Peruvian forces advanced up the Curaray to the Rio
Nashino. Ecuador regarded this advance a violation of the agreed-upon status quo
and protested unsuccessfully. This occupation by Peruvian forces continued into the
beginning of 1913, when in February, Peru advanced more forces on the Morona.
Then, in March, the prefect of Loreto, in response to an attack on his troops on the
Morona by Jivaro Indians, sent a retaliatory detachment from Iquitos. Ecuador again
protested this action as a status quo violation and demanded the troops’ withdrawal.
Peru contended that the Morona was its territory and promptly reinforced the garrison
by 300 men. Ecuador was forced to accept the new status quo.
MID#1151
Dispute Number: 1151
Date(s): October 10, 1932 to November 13, 1932
Participants: 130 Ecuador/135 Peru
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: This is another territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru over their
share of the Cordillera del Condor, a triangle-shaped area of over 125,000 square
miles defined by Amazon tributaries to the west, the Yapura River to the north, and the
Chinchipe, Maranon, and Amazon rivers to the south. The militarized dispute began
on October 10, 1932, with border clashes near Huaquillas. Ecuadorian troops said that
Peruvian farmers fired on them in Peruvian territory. Ecuadorian troops from Machala
prepared to join the fight, and the next day Peruvian Civil Guards chased Ecuadorian
revenue officers at the Chacras border.