feb 26, 1956 - Popular uprising in Iquitos, led by General Marcial Merino, General Commander of the Jungle Division. Opposition to President Manuel A. Odría, accussing him of depriving citizens of their fundamental right of political and social organization. One of the main motivations behind this was to take Leticia back from Colombia, but the uprising was soon silenced
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