1995 Peru-Ecuador Border War

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In early 1995 Peru and Ecuador went to war over a strip of land that both claimed to be theirs. The "Cenepa War" was the last time that two armies from Latin America fought each other. As many as 500 people were thought to have died in the brief conflict. Mike Lanchin has been hearing from (retired) Lt. Col. Juan Alberto Pinto Rosas, who led his troops in the cross-border fighting. Photo: Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori poses with soldiers in the Cenepa River at the border with Ecuador. (AFP/Getty Images)