Differentiation of social universes in the internal armed conflict
Between 1988-1989, the social universes in which the main actors in the conflict operated were differentiated. The victims of the PCP-SL continued to be mainly rural and Quechua-speaking, while those of State agents were more concentrated in urban areas and the westernized population.
From 1988-1989 onwards, there was a significant differentiation in the social universes in which the main actors in the Peruvian internal armed conflict operated. While the victims of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso continued to come basically from the rural and Quechua-speaking world, the victims caused by State agents began to be reported more frequently in more urban areas and among a population closer to Western culture. This change reflects the national expansion of the conflict and the refinement of the State's counter-subversive strategy, which developed alliances with the peasantry and focused its repressive action in sectors where there was a greater probability of locating individuals linked to the PCP-SL. This differentiation marks a turning point in the dynamics of the conflict, where the socio-cultural spaces of action of each actor began to diversify.