Corruption in the Peruvian Police Intelligence Directorate (DIRIN)
In 1982, the Peruvian Police Intelligence Directorate (DIRIN) was heavily affected by corruption, which severely hindered its ability to conduct effective counterinsurgency operations. The corruption within DIRIN allowed the insurgent group Sendero Luminoso to grow more rapidly than it might have otherwise. General Teófilo Aliaga, who was not part of …