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)
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Source: Voice of America
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