Creation of a native patrol in Puerto Ocopa

In 1991, the Puerto Ocopa native community created a native patrol on its own initiative as part of the counter-offensive against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the central jungle. This patrol was formed in the context of the intensification of the counter-subversive struggle that was taking place in the Tambo and Ene river valleys. Unlike other Ene river patrols that were created under direct dependence of the Army and the colonist patrols, the Puerto Ocopa patrol arose on the community's own initiative. The year 1991 was a turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the region, when the Armed Forces, together with the Asháninka population organized in Rondas or Self-Defense Committees, began an important counteroffensive.