Indiscriminate application of the SPIKE biocide
In 1989, the Peruvian government indiscriminately applied the biocide SPIKE in the Upper Huallaga as part of its strategy against drug trafficking, severely affecting the regional ecology without managing to stop coca cultivation and associated violence.
In 1989, as part of the government's strategy to combat drug trafficking and subversion in Alto Huallaga, the Peruvian state indiscriminately applied the biocide SPIKE. This measure was part of a series of actions that included police and military repression in the area and crop substitution. The application of SPIKE seriously affected the regional ecology. This action was part of a governmental diagnosis that remained unchanged and sought to solve the drug trafficking problem through repression, without managing to stop the coca cycle or the violence associated with its cultivation.