Peru: Insurgent Developments
This DIA cable lists several recent terrorist attacks by Sendero Luminoso and the effects they have had in the province of Satipo. As a result of the attacks, refugees are flooding into the major cities of Satipo, Mazamari, and San Martín de Pangoa, and hospitals are full of wounded. In the last 3 months, 19 schoolteachers have been killed, and all schools in the province of Satipo have been closed for the year.