Beginning in 1989, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) began aerial interdiction operations in the Upper Huallaga with support from the U.S. Southern Command. This measure was part of a confluence of obstacles that affected drug trafficking in the area, especially in Uchiza, which was the largest market in the valley. …
Hundreds of hikers attacked the Santa Lucia base, center of operations of the anti-narcotics fight, in an attempt to destroy it, but without achieving their objective, as they were repelled with gunfire from the ground and from helicopters. Unofficially it was said that dozens of subversives and drug traffickers were …
In September 1989, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) base was installed in Santa Lucia as part of anti-drug operations in the Upper Huallaga. This installation was part of a confluence of obstacles that contributed to the decline of the town of Uchiza as an open drug trafficking center and the …
There was a second narcoterrorist attack on the Santa Lucia base, also repelled by helicopter gunships, with no deaths or captures reported. This attack occurred during the resumption of anti-drug actions in Alto Huallaga, after having been suspended for seven months.
On November 4, the PCP-SL kidnaps and murders Cleto Muñoz, councilman of the municipality of Santa Lucía, in the province of Lampa (Puno). This murder is part of the PCP-SL strategy of attacking local authorities in rural areas.
During control operations in Peru, individuals were often detained and subsequently disappeared after being stopped at checkpoints or on highways. These detentions typically occurred when individuals were traveling between provinces and were intercepted by authorities checking for identification or names on lists of suspected subversives. The testimony from the Truth …