Back Pakuişa müharibəsi AZ পাকুইশা যুদ্ধ Bengali/Bangla Conflicte de Paquisha Catalan Peruanisch-Ecuadorianischer Grenzkrieg German Conflicto del Falso Paquisha Spanish Guerre du Paquisha French Perang Paquisha ID Guerra del Falso Paquisha Italian პაკიშის ომი KA Guèrra de Paquisha OC
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| Paquisha incident | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian conflicts | |||||||||
 Location of the Peruvian and Ecuadorian posts during the False Paquisha or Alto Comaina conflict | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Peru |
 Ecuador | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Jaime Roldós Aguilera | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 60 men | 190 men[4] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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17 killed 1 helicopter destroyed | 46 killed & wounded | ||||||||
The Paquisha War, Fake Paquisha War or Paquisha incident (Spanish: Guerra de Paquisha, Conflicto del Falso Paquisha o Incidente de Paquisha) was a military clash that took place between January and February 1981 between Ecuador and Peru over the control of three watchposts. While Peru felt that the matter was already decided in the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941, Ecuador claimed that the Rio de Janeiro Protocol was not executable because a 78 km section of the border was not precisely defined.[5]
In the aftermath of the incident, both sides increased their military presence along the Cordillera del Cóndor area and Cenepa Valley, starting an escalating spiral of tension and provocation that finally resulted in another military confrontation in 1995, the Cenepa War.
While the name Paquisha War is widely used by the international community and Ecuador, in Spanish this incident is also known as the Falso Paquisha War (Conflicto del Falso Paquisha) in Peru and, occasionally, as the Paquisha Incident or the Upper Comaina Conflict (conflicto del Alto Comaina).
- ^ "'False Paquisha': 37 years after a military feat, Expreso Diary" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "The other victory: How we achieve peace with Ecuador" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "The legacy of a hero" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Paquisha, 35 años de este importante nombre en la historia del Ecuador" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Protocol of Rio de Janeiro". Britannica. Retrieved March 30, 2021.