Sinchi is an anti-government, anti-Army advocate and media personality. He regularly speaks out against the soldiers for the scandalous way they are behaving in the jungle. Sinchi is respected by his radio audience. Sinchi tries to extort money from Captain Pantoja in exchange for not mentioning the SSGFRI on his radio program. In Chapter 10, Sinchi also has sexual relations with one of the "specialists" of the SSGFRI.