Draft:FARC in Loreto
| FARC in Loreto | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Wilmer el Burro |
| Active regions | Departamento de Loreto |
| Allies |  Comité Base Mantaro Rojo[1] |
the FARC in Loreto is an umbrella term to define the branch of sympathizers and remnants of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP) in the department of Loreto, eastern Peru.[2][3][4]
The FARC in Loreto is mainly dedicated to the cultivation and trafficking of drugs, since the development of the peace agreements between the guerrilla group and the government of Colombia in 2012-2016. The FARC in Loreto maintained its autonomy and continues its criminal activities on Peruvian soil.[2][3][4]
Some factions of the FARC-EP dissidents migrated from southern Colombia to the edges of the Loreto border provinces of Putumayo and Mariscal Ramón Castilla, although they maintain a different structure from the FARC in Loreto.[5][2]
History[edit]
Installation in the Peruvian jungle[edit]
The FARC arrived in the northeast of the department of Loreto permanently in early 2002 after being expelled from the Caquetá River basin in Colombia. Their first coca leaf crops occurred in the Napo River basin in the Peruvian province of Maynas, and it was also recorded that the Colombian guerrilla was forcibly recruiting Peruvian children from the province of Putumayo.[3]
The National Defense, Internal Order, Alternative Development and Fight against Drugs Commission of the Congress of the Republic led by Luis Gonzales Posada expressed the following:
Currently (the guerrillas) are located in a coca leaf growing area of more than five thousand hectares, located within the Alto Putumayo area, with the Napo River and the Santa María ravine as a reference, towards the Putapishco area.[3]
The Peruvian government recorded that at least 80% of young people participated at least once in their lives in the guerrilla movement as child soldiers or coca growers.[3] The FARC in Loreto also captures illegal timber loggers to force them to work for them.[3]
Gonzales Posada indicated that the increase of the FARC in Loreto is due to the almost non-existent presence of the Peruvian State, Armed Forces and the National Police.[3]
Operations[edit]
UA man identified as Comrade Tiberio appeared as the leader of the guerrilla faction in Loreto during an interview with the newspaper El Comercio and told him that "The FARC will not cause any problems on this border. On the contrary, they will continue to support many who are dying from lack of medicine and hunger, whether they are Peruvians, Brazilians or Colombians."[4] What Tiberio said was denied after finding on the computers of the Colombian guerrillas Raúl Reyes (2008), Mono Jojoy (2010) and Alfonso Cano (2011) indications of relations between the FARC-EP and the remnants of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso in the vraem specifically the Red Mantaro Base Committee. Tiberius was assassinated in 2004.[4]
Narcomigration[edit]
In 2007 and 2015, a strong migratory wave of Colombians with links to the FARC was recorded in Loreto and displaced members of the FARC-EP Dissidents in the Loreto cities of Caballococha, Santa Rosa del Estrecho, etc.[4]
Relations with the FARC-EP Dissidents[edit]
FARC in Loreto had been in Peru since 2002, while the dissidents only arrived between 2015-2016 after the peace agreement between the FARC-EP and the Colombian government in 2016; It was common for members of the dissidents to dissolve into the FARC of Loreto. Although since 2018 the dissident troops have been stationed on the banks of the Putumayo River and have an affinity for the ideals of Édgar Salgado Rodrigo Cadete, Gener García Molina John 40 and Miguel Botache, Gentil Duarte,[4] The dissidents also manage their own recruitment systems, which is limited to the province of Putumayo.[6]
Another point of difference is that the FARC in Loreto since 2002 is made up of a large number of Peruvians who grew up serving the FARC since they were children.[5]
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "La peligrosa red de Sendero Luminoso en Perú y el exterior". La Razón (in Spanish). 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ^ a b c "Loreto: Desertores de las FARC ahora se dedican al narcotráfico". www.expreso.com.pe (in Spanish). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "DENUNCIAN QUE GUERRILLA DE LAS FARC OPERA EN TERRITORIO PERUANO". www2.congreso.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cuando las FARC cruzaron la frontera hacia Perú". www.elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 25 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Mientras en la frontera de Perú buscan jóvenes, en Cuba las FARC anuncian período de paz". www.diariolaregion.com (in Spanish). 9 December 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Disidencia de las Farc motiva estado de excepción en frontera de Perú con Colombia". www.larepublica.co (in Spanish). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.