PCP-SL withdraws from Federico Basadre Highway (CFB)
In 1991, PCP-Sendero Luminoso withdrew from the Federico Basadre Highway in Ucayali due to a change in the counter-subversive strategy of the Navy, which implemented intelligence operations and promoted the formation of Self-Defense Committees.
In 1991, due to the gradual change in the Navy's counter-subversive strategy, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began to retreat to some areas along the Ucayali River and lost control of the villages along the Federico Basadre Highway (CFB). This change of strategy implied that the Navy stopped carrying out bloody operations in the villages with a subversive presence and, on the contrary, carried out more intelligence work to capture the commanders and delegates of the CFB and Aguaytía. The Navy also used the natives as guides to attack the most impregnable Shining Path committees. Beginning in 1991, the Navy took over the Political Military Command of Ucayali and encouraged the formation of Self-Defense Committees (CAD's) in the region's hamlets. Although PCP-SL lost territorial control, it did not stop making incursions to remind the villagers of the 'hidden but active power of the party'.