Peru’s new defense minister to focus on defeating Shining Path
Peru’s new defense minister, Jorge Nieto, will focus on stamping out the Shining Path guerrilla…
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Peru sentences 16 former soldiers for 1985 massacre
A court in Peru sentenced 16 former soldiers for the 1985 massacre of 69 people in Ayacucho during the…
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Peru’s military kills key Shining Path commander
Peru’s military killed Shining Path commander Abel “Comrade Alejandro” Auqui in Ayacucho on Friday.…
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Peru’s Kuczynski attacks Fujimori on anti-mining ‘terrorists’
Peru presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has gone on the attack against frontrunner Keiko Fujimori…
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Shining Path ambush kills 10 on eve of Peru’s election
Shining Path guerrillas killed at least 10 military and civilian personnel in an ambush in Peru’s…
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Peru opens armed-conflict memorial museum in Lima
The Lugar de la Memoria museum was inaugurated in Lima yesterday to commemorate victims of Peru’s…
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Three priests murdered by Shining Path beatified in Peru
Three priests who were murdered by Shining Path rebels in 1991 became Peru’s first martyrs beatified…
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Witness accuses presidential candidate of rape at murder trial
A witness in the murder trial of Peru presidential candidate Daniel Urresti accused him of raping her…
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Peru’s government touts security gains in coca-producing region
President Ollanta Humala touted his government’s strategy in combating drug trafficking in the VRAEM…
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Peru’s army kills six Shining Path rebels
A firefight in the VRAEM left six Shining Path rebels dead and four of Peru’s security forces wounded…
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