Confrontation between Police and Shining Path Column Following Incursion into Camp

July 24, 2009

Lima, 22 July (EFE).- The Peruvian police exchanged shots with a Shining Path column in a jungle zone of the Huánuco region, following an incursion into a camp belonging to “Comrade Artemio,” the only historical leader of this armed group at liberty, official sources confirmed today.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Confrontation between Police and Shining Path Column Following Incursion into Camp

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