Intensification of the counter-subversive struggle in the Tambo and Ene Valleys

In 1991 there was a turning point in the Shining Path offensive in the Central Jungle region. The Armed Forces, together with the Asháninka population organized in Rondas or Self-Defense Committees, began an important counter-offensive that hit the PCP-SL hard, especially in the Ene River area. Between 1991 and 1993, the counter-subversive struggle intensified and joint operations between the Army and the ronderos in the Tambo and Ene River valleys multiplied. 1991 and 1992 were years of strong and continuous confrontations between the PCP-SL and the Asháninka Rondas. In September 1991, a group of 169 Asháninka from Cutivireni were transferred by air to the Urubamba valley, and that same year the Peruvian Army installed a military base in Cutivireni, forming an Asháninka Self-Defense Committee.