Torgny Anderberg follows the Ashaninka lives inside the Peruvian rain forest. When he returns in 1997 is the first time in 17 years that it is possible to visit the area because of the political unrest and violence. Anderberg and his team travels to different villages. Everywhere the villagers tells of murder and terror that mainly the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso is guilty of. Anderberg promises the Ashaninka to let the world know about the conditions under which they are forced to live.