After his brother, Antauro Humala joined, he revealed his plans to rebel against the government which caused many soldiers to feel tricked or deceived.

[4] Carlos Bardales Angulo, the brigadier general who was head of the Sixth Armored Division confronted the soldiers and was taken hostage.

Ollanta requested food, vehicle fuel and medicine for men and took four workers hostage (a driver, two security personnel and an electrician).

The revolt gained some sympathy from the Peruvian populace with the influential opposition newspaper La República calling him "valiant and decisive, unlike most in Peru".

In view of this, it is necessary to relate the events that took place in Locumba and the relationship with my departure from the country in October 2000.Later that night at a press conference, Humala accused Montesinos of being in collusion with Alan Garcia's Aprista Party.

Bardales nunca fue secuestrado, sino que coordinó antes, durante y después del supuesto levantamiento.

The kidnapped person was within reach of the kidnappers.Mojovich also said that once Bardales was "released", he met in Moquegua with General Abraham Cano, who was in charge of searching for the insurgents.