Limazo

Limazo
	Part of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru
	; Military vehicles during the coup attempt
Date	3–5 February 1975
Location	Lima, Peru
Result	Suppressed by the Peruvian Army
Belligerents
Government of Peru Armed Forces Peruvian Army; ; Investigative Police;	Peruvian police Republican Guard; Civil Guard; American Popular Revolutionary Alliance Student Revolutionary Alliance (ARE); Anarchists;
Commanders and leaders
	Juan Velasco Alvarado
Units involved
Peruvian Army: 2nd Army Division Armored Division; ;	Civil Guard: 9th Region Radio Patrulla Garrison; ; APRA militants CIA (alleged)
Casualties and losses
16 dead; 55 wounded	70 dead; 100 wounded; 1,012 arrested; 53 policemen prosecuted

The Limazo (from Lima and the Spanish suffix azo, meaning blow or violent), also known as the Febrerazo, was a police strike and attempted coup that occurred in the city of Lima that began on February 3, 1975. The unrest was allegedly instigated by the CIA and APRA, and was violently suppressed by the Peruvian Armed Forces by February 5th.

The chaos and perceived lack of proper government response caused by the insurrection brought as a consequence the worsening of the political crisis faced by the government of Juan Velasco Alvarado, which would be deposed by a coup d'état by Francisco Morales Bermúdez in August 1975, ending the first phase of the revolutionary government.

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