Peru Terrorism 2018, CIA World Factbook

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Peru Terrorism 2018

SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 28, 2018

Terrorist groups - home based:
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL): aim(s): generate revenue by providing security for narcotics trafficking and growing coca to produce cocaine; historically, SL's goal was to replace Peruvian institutions with a peasant revolutionary regime area(s) of operation: headquartered in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro River Valleys (VRAEM) region; responsible for bombing and shooting attacks that have claimed over 70,000 deaths since SL's inception in the late 1960s; currently engages heavily in all aspects of narcotics trafficking activities, especially in the VRAEM and Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV) regions

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Peru Terrorism 2018 SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES