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The rise and coordination of organized crime are exposing institutional fragility across the entire continent. In the Amazon, illegal economies have taken root like a plague, corroding various aspects of our shared existence: deforestation and forest degradation; human rights violations; institutional corruption and co-optation; and the destruction of the social fabric.
In Peru, drug trafficking is one of the main threats to the Amazon, and Indigenous peoples are the most affected by it.
This report offers a brief general overview of the problem of drug trafficking and focuses on the specific situation of the Amazonian Indigenous peoples who are being impacted: What conditions are allowing this illegal economy to advance? What routes are being established, and which areas are most critical?
The document also presents concrete proposals to reposition Indigenous peoples as a central focus of the debate – not only as victims of death and the dispossession of their territories, but as political actors who can help shape solutions to this and the many other challenges facing the Amazon.
