UNCLASSIFIED @eN-H-B-ElN-' H- A L Page 1 n a -RE £-ASEB fN-P A lt''f Bl 1 4 D B7 D B7 C - C-G-NFIDENTI AL PAGE 01 ACTION DS-01 INFO LIMA 05062 01 OF 05 061656Z AID-00 INR-05 SS-00 EB-00 ADS-00 L-02 AMAD-01 NSAE-00 COME-00 880-00 TRSE-00 PM-05 PA-02 FAAE-00 CCO-00 CG-00 USSS-00 USIE-DO JUSE-00 CA-02 DOEE-00 M-01 FAIM-01 TB-01 SCT-02 033 W T-01 ------------------052627 080934Z 38 R 0615182 APR 89 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7349· DEAHQS WASHDC USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC CIA WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY BRASILIA LOG-00 ARA-00 NRCE-00 INRE-00 OC-02 P-02 NSCE-00 CTME-00 INM-05 FBIE-00 ZOVD-00 C N T E fJr L SECTION 0l·OF 05 LIMA 05062 TERREP DEA FOR A AO DO ·oc OF OI PS STATE FOR ARA AND INM DS OP DS TAD SECDEF FOR ASD FMP DPE GENERAL OLMSTEAD SOUTHCOM FOR SCJI SCJS-S POSTS FOR DEA E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS ASEC SNAR PE PTER SUBJECT INTELLIGENCE UPDATE SENDERO LUMINOSO ATTACK AT UCHIZA CCX- GFZH-87-8001 IE4-CO OPERATION CONDOR CCX GFAN-87-8003 IE4-CO OPERATION SNOWCAP CfflfF-ffiEN PAGE 02 REF A B LIMA 05062 01 OF 05 061656Z LIMA 4526 DTG 281707Z MAR 89 LIMA 4664 DTG 292327Z MAR 89 n a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL ·1NFOR l lIATION RELEASE REASON S B7 D DATE CASE ID 06 JUL 2011 200605715 ee Fffi·RN'f-rn L UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ALAN H FLANIGAN CLASSIFICATION CON FIDENTIAL REASON 25Xl DATE CASE ID 02 APR 2008 200605715 UNCLASSIFIED Pag 1 C NFlfffi-N'I'-I- A'L - ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPED FROM DEA UNILATERAL SOURCES D EBRIEFIN S OF SURVIVING POLICE PERSONNEL ONSITE OBSERVATION BY DEA PERSONNEL AND PE IAN POLICE DOCUMENTS INDICATES THAT THE 3 27 89 ATTACK IN UCHIZA PERU WAS CONDUCTED BY SENDERO LUMINOSO SL INSURGENTS AND SUSPECTED COLOMBIAN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS THE ATTACK WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY PRECIPITATED AT LEAST IN PART BY CORRUPT POLICE OFFICIALS IN UCHIZA WHO ACCEPTED BRIBES FROM THE TRAFFICKERS BUT DID NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION AS PROMISED END SUMMARY 3 REFELS A AND B DETAIL THE UCHIZA WHICH RESULTED IN THE PERUVIAN POLICE OFFICERS IT MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK WAS AT CORRUPTION AND DOUBLE DEALING 2 27 89 ATTACK ON DEATHS OF AT LEAST TEN NOW APPEARS THAT THE LEAST IN PART DUE TO BY THE POLICE 4 PERUVIAN ANTI-NARCOTIC POLICE OFFICIALS PRIVATELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CORRUPTION AMONG POLICE ASSIGNED TO UCHIZA IS WIDESPREAD POLICE ASSIGNED TO UCHIZA INCLUDE THIRTY SPECIAL OPERATI9NS· POLICE DOES FIFTEEN ANTI-NARCOTIC POLICE ASSIGNED TO THE 64TH COMANDANCIA AND FIFTEEN 11 REGULAR_ POLICE TROOPS NOT ASSIGNED TO CONDUCT OF ANTI-NARCOTIC OR COUNTER SUBVERSIVE OPERATIONS DESPITE REPORTED PERVASIVE CORRUPTION AMONG THE POLICE UNIT IN UCHIZA ANTINARCOTIC POLICE BASED IN TINGO MARIA AND SANTA LUCIA CSQ N F-ID-ENX IAL PAGE 03 LIMA 01 OF 05 05062 061656Z HAVE CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL ARRESTS LABORATORY AND DRUG SEIZURES IN UCHIZA DURING THE PAST YEAR WE SUSPECT THAT SOME INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY POLICE COUNTERPARTS REGARDING SUCCESS FUL' OPERATIONS WAS DEVELOPED FROM CORRUPT POLICE ASSIGNED IN UCHIZA · C 2g§ tr f 1 ¥ B I$ k 19 i · •• r ··•-s· '''' H ' § 0 9 91 rti OR Pa0WN RELTAB lbili 'Y i0N •iNARCO L' CS· RELA J ' En Ml WTERS l' i r 0 1 '' ' 11' - - ' '' 11 I -1• ' ' · I 'I' ·- - · I · · · •ct ' '-'' i fr ' ·i· ' ·t I• - r ' ' • -L iti' '1 r • '• 1'- •• B7 D ·i · ·• '• • 3 2 4 s 9 FtEl ' i BERS0NAtb •1 icJ's'sERWift ' WX S r i1' ' 1 PROTECT - COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICE BASED IN SANTA LUCIA ENGAGED IN A CONFRONTATION WITH THE DOES POLICE UNIT IN UCHIZA ---·-- 1 sli' zSa Elfl·i ' TH Aif AT APPROXIMATELY 0530 R UR COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICE WITHOqT THE AID OF US SUPPLIED HELICOPTERS ARRESTEP THIRTEEN SUSPECTED NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS AND SEIZED 37 KILOGRAMS OF -REE0RillEB' tf ftil r ON 1 t 1 -1 • • ' · ' • •· • •• •• I -t l' 11- • n a iE NF-rOO-NP E- M i UNCLASSIFIED Pag» i - - - r' - · --- -· - - -·-· •· • 'l tf f c n f i ASSIFIED Page 3 n a COCAINE BASE 19 KILOGRAMS OF COCA PASTE ONE HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVER AND THREE VEHICLES AMONG THOSE ARRESTED WERE NINE COLOMBIAN NATIONALS INCLUDING ONE COLOMBIAN IDENTIFIED AS 11 BU 11 • US PERSONNEL IN SANTA· LUCIA CONFIRM THAT A TOTAL OF AT LEAST THIRTEEN PERSONS WERE INITIALLY DETAINED IN THIS INCIDENT 6 ···• _ REfQ ' l % g i IDOES TROOPS FROM UCHIZA · SUBSEQUENTLY ENCIRCLED THE COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICE AND THEIR PRISONERS - - ¥ § t 9jI'HE LEADERS OF DOES AND THE ANTI-NARCOTICs-·PoLICE ENGAGED IN A HEATED ARGUMENT aut co t tNOW fOVERHEAR MUCff 6Fl-THEiLR1 0 '-c' i '-i - - -ara ••• 1· _ _ _ -·• 'l ' h- t' 3J- - - - •• · CONVER ioJ-J i1 l t ttr 0 Rg f - THE RESPECTIVE TROOPS EXCHANGE INSULTS AND ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION INCLUDING DOES TROOPS CLAIMING THAT THE ANTI-NARCOTICS POLICE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE CARRYING AWAY ALL OF IT PRESUMABLY THE DRUGS 11 • THE ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN LEAVING WITH· THEIR PRISONERS AND SEIZED ITEMS _B tDl 0 PAGE 04 LIJ 11A 05062 01 OF 05 061656Z LIMA 05062 02 OF 05 061635Z NNNN PAGE 01 ACTION DS-01 INFO LOG-00 ARA-00 NRCE-00 INRE-00 OC-02 P-02 ADS-00 NSAE-00 TRSE-00 CA-02 DOEE-00 T-01 AID-00 COME-00 PM-05 CG-00 INR-05 SS0-00 PA-02 USSS-00 FAIM-01 SS-00 L-02 FAAE-00 USIE-00 EB-00 NSCE-00 AMAD-01 · CTME-00 CC0-00 INM-05 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 SCT-02 ZOVD-00 M-01 TB-01 033 W ------------------052022 0-80913Z 38 R 061518Z APR 89 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7350 DEAHQS WASHDC USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC CIA WASHDC Pag» UNCLASSIFIED --- - ___ __ _ - -- -___ - --· __ --· C lNFcl ASSIFJErf - c ' ' · n a SECDEF WASHDC AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY BRASILIA TERREP DEA· FOR A AO DO OC OF OI PS STATE FOR ARA AND INM DS OP DS TAD SECDEF FOR ASD FMP DPE GENERAL OLMSTEAD SOUTHCOM FOR SCJI SCJ5-S POSTS FOR DEA E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS ASEC SNAR PE PTER SUBJECT INTELLIGENCE UPDATE 7 · SENDERO LUMI OSO ATTACK _____ _t'S T A CE E F tr' K i PRECEDING THE INCIDENT 11 ABOVE BUKE STATED THAT THE ANT-I-NARCOTICS POLICE - __ - __ __ J CBN-F I-BEN IAL LIMA PAGE 02 05062 02 OF 05 0616352 DID NOT KNOW WHO THEY WERE DEALING WITH AND IMPLIED HE BUKE REPO RTEDLY STRUCK ONE OF THE ANTI-NARCOTIC POLICE AND WAS FORCEFULLY SUBDUED IN RETURN j REPGRTS THAT I BUKE II WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED BY POLICE AND WAS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LED THE ATTACK AGAINST UCHIZA ON APRIL 27TH HAD PROTECTION - - - --- _ _ LDANES lot L Gr 1 tl 1 - E i F 8 - i N SAJ qTA LUCIA TO SECURE BUKE'S 11 RELEASE AND THAT BUKE WAS FORCED TO SIGN A DOCUMENT INDICATING THAT ONLY 19 KILOGRAMS OF PASTE ·WERE SEIZED DURING THE OPERATION -- - e'TJ ¥ r' P- 1W ftATATHE POLICE REPORTED THE ARREST OF ONLY THREE COLOMBIANS ON 3 25 89 COMMENT PERUVIAN POLICE SOURCES CONFIRM THAT BUKE WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING IN UCHIZA ON 3 24 89 BUT WAS RELEASED FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS -· ·- ·_ r --k - - ' f' r 1'rl 1 t B 9p r r 1If kqf f1 I S ·cQNS l PERED GE ' 3Y 'R ELIAB'L j IS ASSOCI ATED w t · · • ' - · _-i ' -3i -' __ _ · - L - L ' '- c t• 1 ' 1' r 1 •1 · • ' r '-- - '- - ' ·· - THE CAVERO cqrnuso' FRI eKING ORGANIZAT E ONi''WHJ cH 'r · '-i 0 I BELIEVE P TO ·_ BE' Eii A f l' tir t ¥opEN is§qtf i'cff o i i f D ' t n a· Ce-N-F I -B-EN'f-I A -I i · UNCLASSIFIED Pag» - Page 5 - -- 'n a -IS_E_ND ___E_R_Q__- I -UM- _J __N_O_ S_O_· ·-IN-_S-_UR___G_E_N_T- S- - -_ -- - -- - b S r'A TJ B · I'HAT _' ·I UCHIZA TRAFFICKERS HAVE BEEN PAYING POLICE FOR PROTECTION FOR SOME TIME __ ' 1 S J Ji TED 'q ' THA l l SOME POLICE ASSIGNED TO UCHIZA HAD BEEN ACCEPTING TRAFFICKER MONEY BUT WERE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ANTI-NARCOTICS POLICE IN SANTA LUCIA AND TINGO MARIA ' • -·w •y •• 1 7 •' i •i STATED THAT UCHIZA TRAFFICKERS LEARNED THAT THEY WERE BEING· 11 D0UBLE-CROS8ED 11 BY SEVERAL OF THE POLICE 1·rNCtur5 tN f'THE• poL tCE • PT A ir N MOSObSQ J WHo· W S ' 03 •f ff• •JI 00N·F IDEN I-AL LIMA PAGE 03 05062 02 OF 05 ·I 06l635Z s· IX5X E fJ '¢111f¾i# flj y_1 t q Edi tic¥ t i J • t¾ I 1· Q ••-•----hsT T ED 'J'If AlJ I ALL TRAFFICKING QRGANIZATIONS IN UCHIZA PAY SENDERO LUMINOSO INSURGENTS FOR ·PROTECTION AS WELL Q _ _ _ • @ W A J'J D' Tl f A 'l COLOMBIAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY HIGHER FEES AND OCCASIONALLY THEY ALSO SUPPLY WEAPONS 10 GR AMMUNITION Q ' ic T$ t THE TRA FFIC' KERS U7t REPORTEDLY APPROACHED SENDERO LUMINOSO DELEGATES COMPLAINING THAT THEY TRAFFICKERS WERE PAYING FOR PROTECTION BUT WERE NOT RECEIVING IT SENDERO LUMINOSO REPORTEDLY AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM ---·-·· -- - 11 L_ s' OAIT'El J'21Jy m m 1sENDERO LUMINOSO OPERATES A FOUR MONTH TRAINING CYCLE THE FIRST THR E _MO HS OF THIS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF INDOCTRINATION FIREARMS TRAINING ETC LJ - · ····· - ' Sq' 'A i I DlJRING THE FOURTH MONTH THE 'C lliI51DATE S MUST LIVE OFF THE LAND PARTICIPATE IN FORCED MARCHES AND MAKE THEIR FIRST KILL TO PROVE THEIR LOYALTY TO THE ORGANIZATION N T r D 1 l' 1 L __ _ ____ UNCLASSIFIED ·- _ 1- - · P krmrKg i E l I E E E RESULT MANY ATTACKS ARE COMPOSED OF ALMOST EQUAL NUMBERS OF VETERANS AND 11 CANpIDATES 11 AMONG THE ARMED CADRE ---------- 12 1J ··------'i s r r _ E J ''T HA' _T ' ' 1 frHE ATTACK IN ucHIZA BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 HOURS ON 3 27 89 __j STATED THAT THE ATTACK WAS CONDUCTED BY TWO GROUPS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 120 PERSONS WHO CAME FROM PAMPAYACU AND ARRIVED IN UCHIZA VIA THREE TRUCKS AND THIRTEEN MOTORCYCLES AND INCLUDED BUKE AND MEMBERS OF 11 SOLITARI0 1 S 11 TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION COMMENT 11 SOLITARIO IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN PERU AND COULD NOT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS ATTACK l 1 • ' ½' f ' 1Kd n a ceN·F-I-DEN'P I-A-I rir il l Pag» SJFIED · Page 6 n a STATED THAT ANOTHER GROUP ARRIVED FROM THE AREA OF C0NFI-BENfl AL LIMA 05062 02 OF 05 061635Z PAGE 01 ACTION DS-01 LIMA 05062 03 OF 05 061636Z INFO AID-00 ADS-00 INR-05 SS-00 EB-00 NSAE-00 COME-00 SSO-00 L-02 AMAD-Ol TRSE-00 PM-05 PA-02 FAAE-00 CCO-00 CA-02 CG-00 usss-oo USIE-00 JUSE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 FAIM-01 TB-01 SCT-02 033 w T-01 ------------------052056 080914Z 38 PAGE 04 NNNN LOG-00 ARA-00 NRCE-00 INRE-00 OC-02 p·-02 NSCE-00 CTME-00 INM-05 FBIE-00 ZOVD-00 R 061518Z APR 89 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC -7351 DEAHQS WASHDC USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASI l DC CIA WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY BRASILIA C'--6--- N--¥- I DENT I- A L SECTION 03 OF 05 LIMA 05062 TERREP DEA FOR A AO DO oc OF or PS STATE FOR ARA AND INM DS OP DS TAD SECDEF -FOR ASD FMP DPE GENERAL OLMSTEAD SOUTHCOM FOR SCJI SCJ5-S POSTS FOR DEA E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS ASEC SNAR PE PTER SUBJECT INTELLIGENCE UPDATE SENDERO LUMINOSO ATTACK CAMITO VIA SEVEN PICKUP TRUCKS WHICH BELONGED TO · UNCLASSIFIED Pag n a TRAFFICKERS 11 CHOCLITO 11 LIMONEL AND GALLETA A ceNP- H E--N'I'rAL PAGE 02 LIMA 05062 03 OF OS 061636Z BRAZILIAN IDENTIFIED AS BARBA WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS A HIRED ASSASSIN AND NARCOTICS FINANCIER REPORTEDLY LED · THIS GROUP r -_-_ -_--_ _ --- _ _ tEt _QB- f' B '' i t t J 6 E Jft E O I WAS OBSERVED DURING THE ATTACK TO HAVE BEEN ROBBING THE UCHIZA BRANCH OF BANCO DE LA NACION IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHERj ESCtmERo S AFFILIATED WITH THE SL OR A TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION 13 ----- _____ __ tSTi iW- Qr if' Hi ' J J ' j SAN PANCHO _WAS USED AS A STAGING AREA FOR THE ATTACK ON UCHIZA AND THAT SOME OF THE WEAPONS HAD BEEN STORED IN CRUZ PAMPA F 'A' ' i'l o l' ·- tf -'f I STATED THAT ON SUNDAY 3 26 89 THE DAY PRECEDING THE UCHIZA ATTACK SIX FLIGHTS ARRIVED IN THE LA MORADA AREA AND THAT SIX FLIGHTS DEPARTED FROM THE SAME -1 -- _ U · l• • jc-•1n0Es AIRSTRIP THE DAY AFTER THE ATTACK • IN• 1 · •-• -1u ' ' · ·• · ·_ -c - •·1 · -_ · ' ' NOT KNOW IF THERE rs ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS ACTIVITY AND THE UCHIZA ATTACK 14 DEA SPECIAL AGENTS S A WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EVACUATION OF DEAD AND WOUNDED FROM UCHIZA ON 3 28 89 HAD OCCASION TO PERSONALLY OBSERVE THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK AND TO DEBRIEF SEVERAL OF THE SURVIVING POLICE TROOPS DEA 8 A'S LEARNED THAT THE ATTACK STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 HOURS AND LASTED_ UNTI_L APPROXIMATELY2230 HOURS POLICE SURVIVORS ESTIMATED THE SIZE OF THE ATTACKING FORCE AS 600-800 ATTACKERS COMMENT IT IS PROBABLE THAT'A LARGE PART OF THE ATTACKING FORCE WAS MADE UP OF UNARMED CITIZENS AND THAT THE ARMED CADRE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER SEVERAL OF THE ATTACKERS WERE DRESSED IN BLACK PANTS AND SHIRTS AND WORE RED HEAD AND ARMBANDS SOME ATTACKERS HAD SMALL RED FLAGS WITH THE HAMMER AND SICKLE HANGING FROM THE BARRELS OF THEIR WEAPONS '-l-' CGN--H DENTIAL PAGE 03 LIMA 05062 03 OF 05 061636Z 15 POLICE SURVIVORS REPORTED THAT THE ATTACK BEGAN WHEN MAN PORTABLE MORTARS AND RPG BAZOOKA ROUNDS WERE FIRED INTO THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE POLICE STATION THE POLICE REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THESE n a uON F'IDENTI in i TJNCLASSIFIED I rr w t f1tPf f ffft t9 s- r11 •· _ _ · r_ · L D I j ·-1 - ' Page 8 - -- --- -- - - n a· ·- ATTACKERS AS TWO OTHER UNITS MANEUVERED INTO POSITION· FOR ATTACK ON THE POLICE STATION ATTACKERS REPORTEDLY KILLED POLICE SECURITY SNIPERS FIRST AND WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN POSITIONS ABOVE THE POLICE STATION FROM WHI H THEY COULD FIRE DEAS A'S PERSONALLY OBSERVED SEVERAL LARGE HOLES IN THE WALLS OF THE UCHIZA POLICE STATION WHICH DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MADE FROM SMALL ARMS FIRE BUT TEND TO SUBSTANTIATE CLAIMS OF MORTAR AND RPG USE MOREOVER OLICE SURVIVORS ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AND DREW PICTURES OF MORTARS AND RPG'S THEY CLAIM WERE USED 16 THE ATTACKERS WERE REPORTEDLY ARMED WITH RIFLE LAUNCHED GRENADES RPG BAZOOKAS MAN PORTABLE MORTARS AT LEAST ONE HEAVY MACHINE GUN WITH BI-POD FLARE PISTOLS MPG MAClIINE GUNS FAL AND AKM ASSAULT RIFLES THE ATTACKERS REPORTEDLY CAPTURED AT LEAST FOUR HECKLER AND KOCH 40MM GRENADE LAUNCHERS AND AMMUNITION FROM THE POLICE THE ATT A CKERS ALSO REMOVED UNIFORMS BULLETPROOF VESTS AND WEAPONS FROM THE ALLEN POLICE OFFICERS IT IS VIRTUALLY CERTAIN THAT THE ATTACKERS WERE SENDERO LUMINOSO SEVERAL POLICE SURVIVORS REPORT THAT THE ATTACKERS BOASTED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THEY WERE THE 11 EJERCITO GUERRII LERA POPULAR EGP- A 'l'ERM COMMONLY USED BY SENDERO LUMINOSO TO REFER TO ITS ARMED COMBATANTS THE SENDERO LUMINOSO OFFICER WHO APPEARED TO BE IN CHARGE WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING MUSCULAR ATHLETI _ J ND ARTICULATE WITH A MEDilJil i TO DAR K COMPLEXION AND DARK HAIR THIS INDIVIDUAL REPORTEDLY WORE AN INSIGNIA CONSISTING OF A GOLD STAR ON A RED 17 NF I-f l-RN'f' EM C-f NFIDENT l AL PAGE 04 LIMA 05062 03 OF OS 061636Z LIMA 05062 04 OF 05 0616382 NNNN CeNFIDENl'IAD PAGE 01 ACTION DS-01 INFO LOG-00 ARA-00 NRCE-00 ADS-00 N AE-00 TRSE-00 AID-00 COME-00 PM-05 INR-05 SSO-00 PA-02 SS-00 L-02 FAAE-00 EB-00 AMAD-01 CCO-00 NSCE-00 CTME-00 INM-05 n a ' L UNCLASSIFIED Pag» £SIFIED n a INRE-00 OC-02 P-02 CA-02 CG-00 USSS-00 USIE-00 JUSE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 FAIM-01 TB-01 SCT-02 T-01 033 W· ------------------052111 080916Z 38 FBIE-00 ZOVD-00 R 061518Z APR 89 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7352 DEAHQS WASHDC USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC CIA WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY BRASILIA I D E N 'T t-A-± SECTION 04 OF 05 LIMA 05062 TERREP DEA FOR A AO DO OC OF OI PS STATE FOR ARA AND INM DS OP DS TAD SECDEF FOR ASD FMP DPE GENERAL OLMSTEAD SOUTHCOM FOR SCJI SCJS-S POSTS FOR DEA E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS ASEC SNAR PE PTER SUBJECT INTELLIGENCE UPDATE SENDERO LUMINOSO ATTACK BACKGROUND ON HIS CHEST THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS REPORTEDLY ACCOMPANIED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS A POLICE C6N Frfl'ENT-11 L PAGE 02 LIMA 05062 04 OF 05 Q61638Z SOURCE BELIEVES ARE COLOMBIAN THE POLICE SOURCE BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE OF THE TWO MEN'S ACCENTS AND WORD USAGE AND BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPARING THIS ATTACK WITH ATTACKS WHJCH HAD PREVIOUSLY· OCCURRED IN COLOMBIA POLICE SOURCES REPORT THAT SEVERAL OF THE ATTACKERS · WERE VERY YO G WITH SOME AS YOUNG AS THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE POLICE SOURCES ALSO REPORT A NUMBER OF FEMALES AMONG THE ATTACKERS l8 DEAS A'S PERSONALLY OBSERVED SEVERAL OF THE SURVIVING POLICE AS WELL AS FALLEN POLICE TO HAVE ONE OR MORE FULL MAGAZINES OF AMMUNITION AND AT LEAST ONE n a CGN-F-I-OEN-T J AL UNCLASSIFIED I s i ifrfftt - -- - -- -- - - -- --- --· • - -· Page 10 -n a-· INSTANCE A COMPLETELY LOADED HANDGUN INJURED CIVILIANS WHO WERE EVACUATED VIA US AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT SOME POLICE REMOVED THEIR UNIFORMS AND TRIED TO ESCAPE THE TOWNSPEOPLE-REPORTEDLY POINTED OUT A DOES MAJOR AND CAPTAIN·EOR THE SENDERO LUMINOSO ATTACKERS THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ALONG WITH A FEMALE WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUMMARILY EXECUTED IN THE SQUARE 19 • A FEMALE ATTACKER WAS CAPTURED ALIVE AND TRANSPORTED TO LIMA SHE WORE BLACK SLACKS AND TOP THIS FEMALE ALSO WORE A SILVER WITH ARED ARMBAND EARRING WITH A BLUE STRIPE IN HER LEFT EAR POLICE SOURCES CLAIM THIS EARRING SIGNIFIES THAT THE FEMALE COMMANDED A SQUAD OF FIVE PERSONS POLICE SOURCES ALSO REPORT THAT A RED EARRING WITH A GOLD STRIPE SIGNiFIES COMMAND OF FIVE SQUADS OR TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE AND THAT A GOLD STAR ON A RED BACKGROUND SIGNIFIES CONTROL OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTY PERSONS 20 IN·A SEPARATE INTERVIEW A CITIZEN SOURCE REPORTS HAVING BEEN A PASSENGER ON A SMALL BUS ON THE OUTSKIRTS GGN L PAGE 03 LIMA 05062 04 OF 05 061638Z OF UCHIZA· ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3 27 89 THE SOURCE REPORTS THAT THE BUS WAS STOPPED AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS BY A NUMBER OF ARMED INDIVIDUALS SOME OF WHOM WORE RED ARM AND HEADBANDS THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE PERSONS STOPPING THE BUS WAS 15-20 YEARS OF AGE AND THEY WERE ARMED WITH FAL AKM AND MPG WEAPONS THE SOURCE SPECULATED THAT SOME OF THE ARMED ASSAILANTS MAY HAVE BEEN COLOMBIAN BASED ON ACCENT WORD USAGE AND LIGHT COMPLEXIONS THE ASSAILANTS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE IN SEVERAL NEW PICKUP TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES 21 THE SOURCE STATED THAT ALL-OCClJPANTS OF THE BUS WERE DETAINED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS BUT THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR HURT BY THE ASSAILANTS AND THAT THE ASSAILANTS DID NOT ASK FOR OR TAKE ANY MONEY FROM THE OCCUPANTS THE SOURCE REPORTS THAT ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE BUS WERE FORCED TO PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION AND THAT THE ASSAILANTS KEPT A RECORD OF THIS INFORMATION 22 THE SOURCE REPORTS THAT THE OCCUPANTS WERE LECTURED FOR HOURS REGARDING THE POPULAR WAR DURING THESE LECTURES THE ASSAILANTS REPORTEDLY STATED THAT f ag» UNCLASSIFIED · SSIFIED Page 11 n a THE YANQUIS ARE FIGHTING THE NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS -BUT THE ·TRAFFICKERS ARE SUPPORTJNG THE POPULAR WAR AGAINST THE-GOVERNMENT OF PERU AND THAT THE NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS OFTEN SUPPLY AMMUNITION AND MONEY TO THE WAR EFFORT THE SOURCE REPORTS THAT TJ iE LECTURES ALSO INCLUDED A GREAT DEAL OF ANTIGARCIA ANTI-APRA RHETORIC 23 POLICE ARE ESTIMATING THAT THEY MAY HAVE INFLICTED AS MANY AS FIFTY CASUALTIES ON THE ATTACKERS AT-UCHIZA NO BODIES OF KNOWN ASSAILANTS HOWEVER WERE RECOVERED AND SPECULATION IS THAT THE DEAD AND INJURED WERE REMOVED PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN ARMY ON C-GN-F' ffi'EN'IT AL PAGE 04 LIMA 05062 -04 OF 05 0616382 LIMA 05062 05 OF 05 0616382 ce · NNNN PAGE 01 ACTION DS-01 INR-05 ADS-00 AID-00 SS-00 EB-00 L-02 AM l D-01 NS IB-0 COME-OD sso-oo PA-02 TRSE-00 ·-PM-OS FAAE-00 CCO-00 CA-02 CG-00 us- 1s-00 USIE-DO JUSE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 FAIM-01 TB-01 SCT-02 T-01 P-02 Q33 W ------------------052123 080916Z 38 R 061518Z APR 89 INFO 'FM LOG-00 ARA-00 NRCE oo INRE-00 OC-02 AMEMBASSY NSCE-00 CTME-0Q INM-05 FBIE-00 ZOYD-00 LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7353 DEAHQS WASHDC USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM DIA WASHDC CIA WASHDC SECDEF WASHDC AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY BRASILIA j TERREP n a e eNFrOENTIAn-- · UNCLASSIFIED Pag» GLA siitJ J t i - 7 -· ' I • C F- n a - • _ ' DEA FDR A AO DO OC OF OI ·PS STATE FOR ARA AND INM DS OP DS TAD SECDEF FOR ASD FMP DPE GENERAL OLMSTEAD SOUTHCOM FOR SCJI SCJS-S POSTS FOR DEA E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS ASEC SNAR PE PTER SUBJECT INTELLIGENCE UPDATE SENDERO LUMINOSO ATTACK THE MORNING OF 3 28 89 ONE INJURED FEMALE PRISONER WAS CAPTURED BY POLICE SEE PARA 19 HOWEVER NO C0N-F-IDENTI1tli PAGE 02 LIMA 05062 05 OF 05 0616382 DETAILS REGARDING DEBRIEFING INTERROGATION HAVE BEEN MADE·AVAILABLE TO DATE - - -- ·--·--·--·-------- J2j' · · 1 BFii rE l @J t I I 25 WHILE IT APPEARS THAT THE MOTIVE FOR THE UCHIZA ATTACK RELATES AT LEAST IN PART TO POLICE CORRUPTION AND DOUBLE DEALING PERHAPS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT rs THE INSIGHTS IT PROVIDES REGARDING TRAFFICKER INSURGENT RELATIONS IN THE UPPER HUALLAGA VALLEY UHV POST WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AREA VERY CLOSELY LION NNNN Pa_g» UNCLASSIFIED