Case studies in terrorism-drug connection: the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and the Shining Path Page: 76
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Financing
Several factors affected Sendero's actions and expanded its need for a more
regular money flow. First, by the mid 1980s it had become a large organization with an
active cadre of 3000-6000 armed militants and an active support network of about 50,000
operating not only in the country side but also in urban Peru (Palmer, 1992). Second,
Sendero relied on domestic funds to finance the operations and strictly kept itself from
foreign support bases, but poor peasant of the region were merely making good sources
of finance. Lastly, following the initial rural campaign Sendero expanded its operations
toward cities, which required more people more support bases and more funds.
Operating in urban areas, by its very nature, requires more liquid funds rather than
supporters' material aid. In the first years of the armed struggle the SL's revolution and
"liberating the masses" ideology was a hit for the people living in poverty with no hope
but the SL. Later, insurgents' ever increasing violence, even against the peasant, together
with aids and money collected under the name of revolutionary taxes at gunpoint for the
survival of this large organization alienated them from masses. The furtherance and
expansion of the military campaign demanded much more equipment than TNT, which
was enough for the first days became insufficient, because they were faced with a more
determined and well-equipped army than local police forces.
All these needs and profits of the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV), where more
than half of the world coca was grown, both forced them and gave opportunity to a new
fund: drugs.76
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Sahin, Fuat Salih. Case studies in terrorism-drug connection: the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and the Shining Path, thesis, August 2001; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2871/m1/81/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .