Operation Verde Mar II was executed by Sinchis commandos along the right bank of the Huallaga River in 1980. This anti-narcotics operation was part of a series of interventions that began with Operation Cerrojo (1976) and Verde Mar I (1979). The Verde Mar operations are remembered in local memories as …
Between 1984 and 1990, the Peruvian Army carried out successive lightning operations on both banks of the Huallaga River in order to surprise drug traffickers and the Shining Path organization operating in the area. These operations led to confrontations with PCP-SL companies that resulted in many deaths on both sides. …
In 1988, the MRTA established the Edward Cumapa military detachment in the Huayabamba valley as part of its organizational structure in the Northeastern Front. This detachment was part of the eight zones controlled by MRTA in the department of San Martin. The Huayabamba valley was considered a strategic zone because …
Thirty bodies of presumed DEA informants were found floating in the waters of the Huallaga River, although others said they were of peasants presumed to be Shining Path or drug traffickers. The official version was that it was a settling of scores between drug traffickers and Shining Path members, but …
Another 12 corpses reappeared floating in the Huallaga River. The official version was that it was a settling of scores between drug traffickers and Shining Path members, but again, there were voices that blamed the forces controlling drug trafficking and subversion as the perpetrators of the deaths. The truth and …
Between 1984 and 1990, the Peruvian Army carried out successive lightning operations on both banks of the Huallaga River in order to surprise drug traffickers and the Shining Path organization operating in the area. These operations led to confrontations with PCP-SL companies operating on both banks of the Huallaga River, …
Between 1990 and the first months of 1994, the populations settled on the left bank of the Huallaga River suffered constant incursions and operations by the Army and the PCP-SL. Villagers hid in the bush during these confrontations, fearing both the Army and the Shining Path. The Army carried out …
Counter-subversive Battalion No. 313 in Tingo Maria was a detention center where people were systematically tortured for their alleged links to terrorism. Methods included beatings, electric shocks, boiling water, drowning, hanging and the use of 'la parrilla'. Several former soldiers and detainees testified about torture, extrajudicial executions and disappearances. The …
On February 5, 1990, Julio Alvarado Bardales, a coca farmer, was arrested by Army troops at a party. He was accused of being a terrorist because members of the PCP-SL sometimes came to his house. Days later he was taken to his father's house, who saw that his ears had …
In 1991, the Army established new military bases in different villages and towns in Huánuco. Some were located along the Marginal Highway, mainly on the right bank of the Huallaga River. The bases were located in Aucayacu, Pucayacu, 7 de Octubre and Pueblo Nuevo, all in the José Crespo y …
In 1991, an armed confrontation occurred between the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the Peruvian Army at the Port of Mantaro, on the Huallaga River. The subversives ambushed the military forces as they attempted to cross the river to Mantaro, attacking them from positions on the hill. The attack resulted in significant …
In 1992, due to various counter-subversive actions by the armed forces, the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River, losing control of the villages on the right bank. Despite this retreat, the PCP-SL did not cease to carry out raids in all the villages, reminding …
In 1992, due to various counter-subversive actions by the armed forces, the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River, losing control of the villages on the right bank. From 1986 to 1992, the PCP-SL had control of the area, subordinating the coca growers and drug …
The second stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga concluded on July 31, 1992. This stage, which extended from August 1990, was based on recovering the zones liberated by the PCP-SL in the region. During this period, the PCP-SL had maintained control of the area since 1986, subordinating …
In 1993, the Peruvian Army retook control of Venenillo, located on the left bank of the Huallaga River. As part of this operation, it established a military base at the entrance to Bolsón Cuchara, thus consolidating control of the hamlets located along the Marginal Highway on the right bank of …
Despite the Army's operations, in 1993 the PCP-SL maintained a strong presence on the left bank of the Huallaga River in two areas called Bolsón Cuchara and Bolsón Primavera, where it forcibly imposed its organization. The Army had retaken control of Venenillo on the left bank by establishing a military …
Beginning in 1994, the armed forces assumed definitive control of the Upper Huallaga area after years of PCP-Sendero Luminoso domination. This control was consolidated after the PCP-SL began to retreat to the left bank of the Huallaga River in 1992, losing control of the villages on the right bank due …
In February 1994, the Armed Forces took definitive control of the left bank of the Huallaga River, putting an end to the constant incursions by both the Army and the PCP-SL that had affected the populations settled in that area. From approximately 1990 until the first two months of 1994, …
Operation Aries was a counter-subversive military operation carried out by the Peruvian armed forces that began on April 5, 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. The operation was carried out in two phases (April-May and June-July 1994) with the objective of dismantling the last Shining Path strongholds …
The second phase of Operation Aries took place from mid-June to July 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. Unlike the first phase, which used only information from repentants, in this second phase the commandos were directly accompanied by repentants, who pointed out the location of the committees, …
The second phase of Operation Aries took place from mid-June to July 1994 on the left bank of the Huallaga River. Unlike the first phase, in this stage the commandos were accompanied by repentants who pointed out the location of the Shining Path committees and weapons. The armed forces again …