Civil Guard (Peru) capital of Peru on a Spanish police mission to organize and instruct for Peru a modern and capable police service from veterans of the old Civil Guard and the remainder of what was then the National Gendarmerie. Leguía through Supreme Resolution of April 4 of 1921 formally assigned for this mission selected policemen from the Spanish Civil Guard which was formally raised, and later signed up in Madrid on October 1 of 1921, the diplomatic settlement for the reformation of the police forces, which materialized into a Merited Mission of the Civil Guard, which on November 22 of 1921 arrived
Rioja, Peru Rioja, Peru Rioja is the capital of Rioja Province in the San Martín Region in northern Peru. It is situated to the west of Moyobamba. There are 24,263 inhabitants according to the 2007 census. The town is 848 metres above sea level and has a semi-humid subtropical climate. During the period of the Incas, the Rioja Province was inhabited by two tribes, the Uquihuas and the Chepenes. At the end of the 16th century, one of the first Catholic missionaries arrived at Uquihua. Rioja was founded in September, 1782 and was originally named "Santo Toribio de la Nueva Rioja". Rioja