PCP-SL's control of Satipo

Between 1987 and 1990, the PCP-SL established control over a large part of the province of Satipo through a strategy of systematic terror. In 1987 they began the first selective assassinations of authorities in colonist communities. During 1989 they intensified the forced recruitment of young people and children in both urban and rural areas, and began clandestine indoctrination of leaders and authorities of colonist communities between 1989 and 1990. Due to this strategy of terror, which included attacks, looting, kidnappings and selective assassinations, by 1990 the PCP-SL managed to control a large part of the province, causing the massive displacement of many native and colonist communities to the cities.