The Growing Insurgency In Peru

Guerrillas Have Doubled Their Firepower, Peru Army Says -- Latin American Herald Tribune

LIMA – The Shining Path guerrilla group has doubled its firepower, acquiring sophisticated arms and gaining the ability to shoot down helicopters, the La Republica newspaper reported over the weekend, citing military intelligence sources.

Guerrillas operating in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene rivers, or VRAE region, a jungle area in southern and southeastern Peru that has a strong presence of the group’s remnants and drug traffickers, have two rocket launchers, a grenade launcher and several heavy machine guns, including one capable of firing 1,000 rounds per minute.

The guerrillas also have as many as 99 assault rifles.

The vast majority of the arsenal belonging to the Shining Path, which is led in the VRAE by “Comrade Jose,” was taken from dead soldiers in combat.

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My Comment: Another drug financed insurgency. By take away the drugs you will take away the money .... once the money is gone this insurgency will be dead in the water. but alas .... like Colombia, Mexico, and other Latin American countries .... this is easier said than done.