Introduction
Peru’s government began forced eradication of coca crops, the raw material for cocaine, on November 1st in a corner of the central jungle that had been off limits to eradication for decades.

The eradication brigades, known as Corah, and police backup made their initial move in Satipo, in the Junín department, which forms part of a Belgium-sized jungle region known as the VRAEM, for the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro river valleys.