Insurgency in Narsora

Insurgency in Narsora
Date May 7, 2009 - October 16, 2014 (5 years,5 months,9 days) Location Bahía Alta Province , Narsora Result Decisive Narsoran government victory Defeat of Adlátát Tarrán separatist group.
Belligerents
Narsora	Adlátát Tarrán
Commanders and leaders
Timothy Giles (2010-2011) Liam James (2011-2013) Adelina Aylen (2013-2014) Sandalio Joaquín Espina (2014)	Vétoill Lhazarth † (2009-2011) Clehem Ernuchalj † (?-2017)
Units involved
Narsoran National Military Narsoran National Army Narsoran National Air Force Narsoran National Navy Narsoran National Marine Corps Narsoran National Police Police Special Operations Unit	Adlátát Tarrán
Strength
13,450 army 1,000 marines 36 Special Police	700-3,700
Casualties and losses
268 killed total 1,127 wounded	500-1,146 killed total
1,508-2,160 total killed (includes civilians).

The Narsoran Insurgency or Alta Bahía Conflict as it is referred to by some was an armed conflict fought from 2009-2014 between the Narsoran government and a separatist group known as Adlátát Tarrán (literally: Liberation Force).

Background

In the late-1960's a political movement known as Ipópopó Pùrdútsat (Ipópopó First) was started by the local Ipópopó peoples on the island province of Bahía Alta, to protest the central government's plans to turn the island into a resort. The objections of the locals went on deaf ears as the government continued it's construction plans. In 1971, a group of men under the banner of the movment kidnapped six construction workers in the provincial capital of Ríarudu. Prompting the government to send in army troops to rescue the men. The Ríarudu Massacre left 100 dead and 80 taken prisoner, most of whom would die during brutal interrogations by the armed forces.

After this event, mistrust of the government by the natives flared and the movement exploded in popularity. In 1985, it's followers claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four police officers. Several of those involved were later captured or killed by security forces. A government crackdown on corruption and crime in the early 1990's seemingly destroyed the group.

On November 2009, when a group calling themselves the Adlátát Tarrán claimed responsibility for a bombing which left 32 people dead and 228 wounded. In April 2010, the group also claimed credit for an attack on an army outpost which killed 10 servicemen and injured 13, they stated both attacks were part of a "long overdue retaliation" for the 1971 massacre.

Conflict

In July 2010, the military began a campaign to see to the capture and defeat of the group. This became known as Operación Borrar (Operation Delete), and led to a majority of the group surrendering after the capture of their leader Vétoill Lhazarth during Operación Infierno Verde, although an undetermined number managed to escape into the surrounding jungle and relative peace soon returned.

In October 2014, after a narsoran aircraft was hijacked, it's passengers taken hostage and flown to the city of Puerto Rodas and the co-pilot killed, a military operation to completely rid the country of the group known as Operación Fin del Juego . This action led to the destruction of the group and the official end of the insurgency on October 16th, 2014.

Aftermath

The conflict resulted in an estimated 1,508-2,160 deaths, as well as significant damage to the infrastructure on Bahía Alta Island.

On 17 January 2017, leader of the group Clehem Ernuchalj was killed by Narsoran special forces in the village of Sapatam after being tipped off by several citizens.