A Peruvian soldier has died in an operation carried out by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces “with the target of neutralizing the camps of the primary pressure” of the final stronghold of the terrorist group Sendero Luminosoin the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro (Vraem) rivers, army sources reported this Monday.
“During these operations, we remorse to report the delicate demise of our comrade in arms, Third Navy Technician of Peru (MGP), Edgar Tiburcio Espinoza, who He gave his life in the combat in opposition to terrorist remnantsin protection of the democracy and peace of our nation,” says a assertion from the Joint Command.
Currently, the data provides, the personnel of the joint particular forces continues to function in the realmwith help from the Air Operational Command and the Vraem Special Command, in addition to the participation of the consultant of the Public Ministry.
It particulars that from 3:30 a.m. on Monday (10:30 a.m. in mainland Spain), army operations intensified joint actions, with the aforementioned goal of neutralizing the camps of the terrorist group.
He additionally conveys, “with deep remorse,” the condolences of the army establishment to the kinfolk of the deceased.
“We will preserve residents knowledgeable in regards to the progress of those actions in protection of nationwide safety,” concludes the Joint Command.
The zone of army operations
The Vraem is an in depth area of mountainous jungle unfold throughout 4 completely different departments on the jap slope of the southern Peruvian Andes, from the place roughly half of the cocaine that Peru producesthought-about the second world producer of this substance, after Colombia.
In this valley, which has been in a state of emergency for greater than a decade, drug trafficking coexists with the remnants of the Shining Paththe group based by the late Abimael Guzmán who, below a Maoist flag, unleashed an inside armed battle (1980-2000) in which round 69,000 individuals died, in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
It is a giant space of mountainous and steep jungle in the jap slope of the Andes which partially covers as much as 4 areas of Peruvian territory.
