ucho as
its base for its campaign against the Peruvian government, even staging an
assault on the Ayacucho prison in 1982. The campaign faded after the leader Abimael
Guzmán Reynoso was captured in 1992 and put in prison. Some followers are
actively allied with the narcos
for cocaine's traffic and earn cash by protecting them; people are concerned
that the movement can revive if social issues remain unchanged. The region
headed by Ayacucho is rural and one of the poorest of all the country. With the
peace of the last 15 years, the citizens work hard to improve the living
conditions and attract jobs
