DATE=6/17/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-234111 TITLE=PERU REBEL (L ONLY) BYLINE=GEORGE MEEK DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A MILITARY COURT IN PERU HAS SENTENCED TWO LEADERS OF THE MAOIST "SHINING PATH" GUERRILLA GROUP TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR TREASON. V-O-A'S SOUTH AMERICA CORRESPONDENT GEORGE MEEK REPORTS THE VERDICT WAS REACHED ON TUESDAY AND ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY). TEXT: THE LIFE SENTENCE WAS GIVEN TO PEDRO QUINTEROS, BELIEVED TO BE THE NUMBER-TWO MAN IN THE SHINING PATH, AND VICTOR CAMPOS. A THIRD DEFENDANT, GLICERIO AGUIRRE, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON. ALL THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED TWO MONTHS AGO IN LIMA ON CHARGES OF BOMB ATTACKS AND ASSASSINATION OF POLICE, SOLDIERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE DEFENDANTS WERE ALLEGEDLY REORGANIZING AN URBAN CELL OF THE SHINING PATH, WHICH HAS BEEN TRYING TO REGROUP SINCE ITS FOUNDER,ABIMAEL GUZMAN, WAS CAPTURED SIX YEARS AGO AND SENTENCED TO LIFE INPRISON. OFFICIALS SAY QUINTEROS -- ALSO KNOWN AS LUIS OR MIGUEL -- WAS A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF GUZMAN AND A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. HE WAS CONSIDERED THE NEXT IN LINE TO THE CURRENT LEADER OF THE SHINING PATH, OSCAR RAMIREZ DURAND. QUINTEROS WILL SERVE HIS LIFE SENTENCE AT THE REMOTE CHALLAPACA PRISON, NEAR THE BOLIVIAN BORDER. CAMPOS AND AGUIRRE WILL BE AT APRISON IN LIMA. THE MILITARY COURT TURNED OVER THREE OTHER ALLEGED MEMBERS OF THE SHINING PATH TO A CIVILIAN COURT FOR TRIAL. (SIGNED) NEB/GM/PT 17-Jun-98 6:15 PM EDT (2215 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
