Vendaval
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Cocaine and opiates are used to fund terrorist organizations, as is the case with Sendero Luminoso. The name translates as "Shining Path" and refers to the river of blood from their victims.
"Sendero Luminoso"
"Despite the long record of intimidation and harassment, not all of the Sendero’s relations with the peasantry have been hostile. Its occupation of the UHV represents its most successful venture, which it has guarded jealously from MRTA influence. The climate and soil of the region are ideally suited for coca production, and the Sendero has profited from payments from many of the 300,000 coca growers, whom they have protected from the government’s crop eradication efforts. The group has also exploited the trafficking end of the cocaine industry for funds by controlling airstrips and charging fees for safe passage. The remainder of the Sendero’s financing comes from robberies and a “war tax” on local businesses and individuals. These activities, combined with the support of radical middle class intellectuals, have afforded the group an advantageous autonomy from foreign sponsorship.
Drug traffickers assist the Sendero in procurement of weapons and materiel for its “people’s war.” While it can be argued that the group engages in selective violence for political ends as opposed to military ends, its diverse assortment of political enemies has spawned an equally diverse array of targets. These range from government officials and foreign diplomats to business owners, and include other leftists whose social work they regard as a revisionist betrayal of their revolutionary ideals. The U.S. State Department estimates that since 1980, roughly 30,000 deaths can be attributed to the Sendero Luminoso.
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In spite of these, recent actions attributed to the Sendero have hinted at the revival of the group’s operations. Stimulated by closer ties to a booming Peruvian coca industry as well as an expanding market for opium poppies, the group has stepped up recruiting in the UHV and other rural areas. Other analyses by Peruvian intelligence speculate that the Sendero was waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of political and economic instability in the wake of Fujimori’s resignation. In March of this year, Peruvian intelligence blamed the Sendero for a bombing attack near the American Embassy in Lima, which occurred three days before a scheduled visit by President George W. Bush."
http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/sendero.cfm
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