The CVR's Imprecise Figure: 69,280 Dead
The methodology applied by Patrick Ball, Jana Asher, David Sulmont, and Daniel Manrique to calculate the number of deaths during the terrible years of Senderismo has been subject to various challenges. The most recent comes from economist Silvio Rendón, who has produced the research "Las sobrestimaciones de la CVR" ("The CVR's Overestimates"), posted on his blog El Gran Combo Club, which argues that the total number of dead would be 28,000.