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Weekly Report - 29 November 2018 (WR-18-47)

PERU: Devida launches anti-drug offensive in Vraem

The Peruvian government plans to invest PEN18.5bn (US$5.5bn) over the next three years to develop the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro rivers valley (Vraem), the last redoubt of the Sendero Luminoso (SL) guerrilla group from where around 80% of the country’s annual cocaine production comes. This is far from the the first plan to develop and pacify the Vraem but the executive president of the national drug agency (Devida), Rubén Vargas, who is responsible for delivering it, argues that it is the most comprehensive.

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