This January 29, 30 years of the immolation of the crew of the “MC Giver” group of the Army of Peru, a group of four crew members who lost their lives are celebrated while fulfilling recognition work during the Cenepa conflict, which confronted the forces Armed of Peru and Ecuador.
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Although the most remembered name of that crew is from Captain Luis García Rojas, Ascended to greater as a posthumous tribute and then raised to the National Hero, among the other members of the “MC Giver” group was the Arequipeño Gustavo Begazo Gonzales, who was 29 years old at that time.
Born in the city of Arequipa, Begazo Gonzales was a mechanic Aeronautics, specialized in the Army Technical School. At the time of being the conflict with Ecuador, he was highlighted to the military base “El Milagro”, in Bagua (Amazonas), headquarters of the fifth division of the jungle.
That morning of January 29, 1995, the Mi-8 EP 547 crew, commanded by the hero of the Patria Captain Luis García Rojas, was carrying out various missions, flying over the town of Ciro Alegría in order to recognize the presence of invaders in Peruvian territory.
At 1:53 PM The ship was attacked and reached by a missile from one of the enemy combat postslocated in Peruvian territory, ending with the lives of all its occupants.
Next to Major García already Begazo Gonzales, Lieutenant Augusto Gutiérrez Mendoza, coach Victorian They were part of the demolished aircraft.
