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Callao Naval Base

Coordinates: 12°01′59″S 77°08′20″W / 12.033°S 77.139°W / -12.033; -77.139
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Callao Naval Base
President Ollanta Humala and Defence Minister Jakke Valakivi during a ceremony at the base in 2016
TypeNaval base, prison
Site information
OwnerPeruvian State
OperatorNational Penitentiary Institute,
Peruvian Navy
Site history
Built1930 (1930)s
Garrison information
Current
commander
V.A. Jorge Millones Gonzales

Callao Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval del Callao) is the main naval base of the Peruvian Navy. Located north of the main port of Callao, it is also a high-security prison, where members of terrorist groups such as the Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) are located. The base hosts a dockyard and naval aviation base, as well as the Naval Medical Center, which contains the U.S. Navy's Naval Medical Research Unit Six.[1]

A project to modernise the base started in the northern part of the facility on June 21, 2023.[1]

History

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The naval base was first built in the 1930s as a levee and a naval arsenal.[2] In 1992, then presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos proposed the construction of a penitentiary centre in the base, where he himself was confined after he was extradited from Venezuela in June 2001.[3]

Notable inmates

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Comandante General de la Marina coloca la primera piedra de la nueva Base Naval del Callao". Marina de Guerra del Perú. 2023-06-21.
  2. ^ "LA MARINA DE GUERRA DEL PERÚ S. XX". Marina de Guerra del Perú.
  3. ^ a b "Base Naval del Callao: todo lo que debes saber sobre esta instalación militar que custodia a peligrosos terroristas". El Comercio. 2021-08-26.

12°01′59″S 77°08′20″W / 12.033°S 77.139°W / -12.033; -77.139