On July 13, 1987, the town of Campanilla in the San Martín and Loreto regions of Peru was taken and occupied by subversive forces. During this event, public buildings were set on fire. This incident was part of a series of violent actions in the region during the late 1980s.
A declarant who was a former PCP-SL military commander says that on one occasion they killed a woman who was supposedly a snitch. The declarant says that since the woman was nice and pretty, five or ten minutes after killing her, he had sex with the corpse. Others asked him …
On May 26, 1990, the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) launched an assault on the city of Yurimaguas in Peru. The operation involved approximately 300 armed combatants who aimed to expand their operational reach into the Loreto region. The MRTA successfully captured several strategic points, including police stations and a …
The Front for the Defense of the Interests of the People of Loreto called a 24-hour regional civic strike to protest the signing of the oil contract with Texas Crude in the Pacaya Samiria reserve. The strike was successfully observed by the region's population. This mobilization took place in the …
Peace between Peru and Ecuador was consolidated when Presidents Alberto Fujimori Fujimori and Jamil Mahuad placed the last milestone on the border. However, the handing over of one square kilometer in Tiwinza does not convince many sectors, including high-ranking military officers and the population of Loreto. This act marks the …