Recovery of residents of Selva de Oro
In 1994, the settlers of Selva de Oro who had fled across the Ene River because of the military offensive, left the area controlled by the PCP-SL with the consent of the subversive commanders. Later, in May 1996, they were recovered by the military.
In 1994, the inhabitants of the settler community of Selva de Oro, Rio Tambo district, who had crossed the Ene River fleeing the military offensive, left the area where they were located with the consent of the subversive commanders of the PCP-SL. The villagers had been living in extreme conditions of hunger and disease. There were days when they did not eat and the healthy ones were in charge of finding food for the sick. In May 1996, at noon, the military surrounded them, arriving on foot and in a helicopter, thus completing their recovery. This case was representative of the significant increase in the number of settlers, natives and colonists, recovered from the trekking camps between 1993 and 1995.