Since 1990, indigenous organizations in the region such as CECONSEC (Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central) and FECONACA (Federación de Comunidades Nativas Campa) promoted the organization of Rondas or Asháninka Self-Defense Committees. This initiative arose in a context of generalized violence in the Central Jungle, where both the …
On June 4, 1990, there was a confrontation between Ashaninka ronderos organized in the CECONSEC (Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central) and others organized in the FECONACA (Federación de Comunidades Nativas Campa), resulting in the death of seven Ashaninka. This fact illustrates that in 1990 there were confrontations …
On July 22, 1990, the Central de Comunidades Nativas de la Selva Central (CECONSEC) issued a public communiqué entitled "La autodefensa y autonomía asháninka exigen respeto" (Asháninka self-defense and autonomy demand respect). This communiqué appeared in a context of intensifying political violence in the Amazon region, where both the PCP-SL …