FBIS3-52060
"drlat019_r_94004"
FBIS-LAT-94-019
Document Type:Daily Report
29 Jan 1994
Peru
* Terrorist Attacks in November Dropped Drastically
94SM0180A Lima DESCO SPECIAL REPORT in Spanish Nov 93 pp
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94SM0180A
Lima DESCO SPECIAL REPORT
Language: Spanish
Article Type:CSO
[DESCO SPECIAL REPORT No. 31: "Political Violence in Peru
Today," issued by Peru's Center for Development Studies and
Promotion (DESCO)]
[Text] November has seen less political violence than
almost any other time during the 13 years of war. During this
month, there were 36 subversive actions, resulting in 42 deaths:
six military personnel, one police officer, 11 civilians, and 18
alleged subversives [as published].
In a way, it was predictable that Shining Path [SL],
especially, would pull back in November, after launching a
larger number of actions for two months in a row in September
and October.
This month's actions occurred primarily in Lima, which is
still in first place with 20 attacks (56 percent). SL focused
most of its bombings on private businesses. There were three car
bombings during the month, two of them in commercial areas in
Miraflores and Camacho, while the third one went off near an
Army barracks.
The second-largest number of assaults took place in the
jungle region, with eight actions (22 percent). In the province
of Leoncio Prado, there were six clashes, two of them open
confrontations between subversives and security forces. The
other four battles arose out of countersubversion actions by the
Army. And in Leoncio Prado and Huanuco, subversives carried out
annihilation attacks against civilians.
The central region was in third place out of four, with five
assaults (14 percent). Two of these actions were successive
confrontations involving the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
(MRTA) and the Army in Chanchamayo Province. The other two were
SL bombings in Huancayo Province.
Last place in terms of subversive actions was taken by the
northern region, with three assaults (8 percent). Two of the
incidents involved the MRTA; in one they jammed the radios of
the Chimbote National Police and in the other they rescued two
of their members as they left the Chimbote courthouse.
Terrorist Attacks by Region: November
- 1. Lima 56%
- 2. Jungle 22%
- 3. Central 14%
- 4. Northern
8%
As for the number of casualties, the central region occupied
first place with 24 (57 percent). All were members of the MRTA,
killed in clashes with Army troops in the province of
Chanchamayo.
In second place was the jungle region, with 14 casualties
(33
percent). Six were Army soldiers who died in two battles with SL
in Leoncio Prado Province. In addition, eight civilians were
killed in SL incursions in the provinces of Huanuco and Leoncio
Prado.
In third and last place were the northern and Lima regions,
which tied at two deaths (5 percent) each. In the northern
region, an incursion by Shining Path in the village of
Huayllapampa in Recuay Province resulted in the death of a
lieutenant governor and a teacher.
In Lima, a petty officer in the National Police was gunned
down from a car in the Cercado district, and a woman was killed
when an explosive device went off in a bank office in San Juan
de Lurigancho.
Victims by Region: November 1993
- 1. Central 57%
- 2. Jungle 33%
- 3. Lima 5%
- 4. Northern
5%
There were no subversive actions in the principal region.
The
National Police exhibited 10 alleged members of SL in Huamanga
and another nine in Huancavelica.
Finally, in the mid-northern region, another eight alleged
SL's were exhibited.
Casualties and Attacks by Region in November
Region Casualties Attacks
Military Police Civilians Subversives Total
Lima 0 1 1 0 2 20
Northern 0 0 2 0 2 3
Wari
Central 0 0 0 24 24 5
Jungle 6 0 8 0 14 8
Total 6 1 11 24 42 36