30 dead bodies found in the Huallaga river
30 corpses found in Huallaga River, presumed DEA informants or peasant farmers
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 there were voices that blamed the forces controlling drug trafficking and subversion as the perpetrators of the deaths.