Editing History of Peru (section)

====Conflict with Colombia====
[[File:Ocupación peruana de Leticia.jpg|thumb|left|The [[flag of Peru]] flies over the port of Leticia after the takeover]]
The foreign policy of Sánchez Cerro's government was initially intended to respect the border treaties signed up to that point, but public opposition to the [[Salomón–Lozano Treaty]] eventually led to a [[Leticia Incident|civilian takeover]] of the port town of [[Leticia, Amazonas|Leticia]], which ended up being supported by the government. The event led to protests in [[Colombia]], and the beginning of the [[Colombia–Peru War]] on September 1, 1932.

On April 30, 1933, while reviewing troops in the [[El Campo de Marte|Santa Beatriz Hipodrome]], Sánchez Cerro was [[Assassination of Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro|assassinated]] by Abelardo González Leiva, who shot him three times. It was later publicized that González was a member of the APRA Party, leading to speculation on whether he had been ordered to carry out the attack or had acted alone. Sánchez Cerro's was succeeded as Supreme Chief of his political party, [[Revolutionary Union (Peru)|Revolutionary Union]], by [[Luis A. Flores]], who reconstructed the party into a more [[Fascism|fascist]] direction, modelling it after the [[National Fascist Party]] of [[Italy under fascism|Italy]].