Lodging of PCP-SL fighters in Colombian drug trafficker's house in Nuevo Chilia
In 1988, PCP-SL fighters unusually stayed at the house of a Colombian drug trafficker in Nuevo Chilia, who turned out to be a friend of the company's command, evidencing the relationship between the PCP-SL and drug trafficking.
In 1988, a remarkable event occurred in the hamlet of Nuevo Chilia that demonstrated the relationship between the PCP-SL and drug traffickers. Instead of staying in the house of a peasant farmer as was their usual practice, a group of PCP-SL fighters stayed in the house of a Colombian drug trafficker. What was even stranger for the fighters was to discover that this drug trafficker was a close friend of their company commander. This episode illustrates the links that were established between the PCP-SL military structure and drug traffickers in the Huallaga region during this period.