Global InformationPlurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists information
| Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists | |
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| Asociación Plurinacional de Reservistas del Tawantinsuyo | |
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| Leader | Eddy Villarroel Medina (Sacha) |
| Dates of operation | 2011 |
| Country | Peru |
| Active regions | VRAEM Pichanaqui Oxapampa Lima |
| Ideology | Ethnocacerism Indigenism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| Status | Active |
| Part of |  United Democratic Andean Revolutionary Front of Peru (2017 - 2022) |
| Allies |  Hezbollah (denied) Peasant Rounds Militarized Communist Party of Peru (2018 - 2022) |
| Opponents |  Peru Militarized Communist Party of Peru (since 2022) |
| Battles and wars | Internal conflict in Peru |
The Plurinational Association of Tawantinsuyo Reservists (ASPRET) is an ethnonationalist paramilitary group, active in the VRAEM conflict zone in Peru. The group is led by Eddy Villarroel Medina, also known as "Comandante Sacha," a former member of the Peruvian Armed Forces.[1][2] ASPRET's primary objective is to gain political power, and overthrow the Peruvian state. Members of the group call themselves the "guardians of the people" and have participated in riots in Oxapampa and Puerto Bermudez. ASPRET had a short lived alliance with the Militarized Communist Party of Peru from 2017 to 2022, which ended due to ideological differences. The group has also been accused of being connected to Hezbollah, which it denies.[3][4] Many members of the movement are armed forces veterans of Peru's internal wars or the border disputes with Ecuador in the 1980s and 1990s.[5]
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