DATE=7/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251754
TITLE=PERU / SHINING PATH (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=BILL RODGERS
DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PERUVIAN SECURITY FORCES HAVE CAPTURED THE LEADER OF THE
LEFTIST SHINING PATH GUERRILLAS IN AN OPERATION IN THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE COUNTRY. VOA CORRESPONDENT BILL RODGERS REPORTS FROM
OUR SOUTH AMERICAN BUREAU.
TEXT: PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI ANNOUNCED THE CAPTURE
OF SHINING PATH GUERRILLA LEADER OSCAR RAMIREZ DURAND IN A RADIO
BROADCAST WEDNESDAY.
MR. FUJIMORI SAID PERUVIAN SECURITY FORCES SEIZED THE GUERRILLA
LEADER, KNOWN AS COMMANDER FELICIANO, IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS IN
THE CENTRAL DEPARTMENT OF JUNIN. THE PERUVIAN PRESIDENT SAID THE
REBEL LEADER WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL WOMEN -- ADDING THAT
NOT A SHOT WAS FIRED DURING THE CAPTURE.
COMMANDER FELICIANO TOOK OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SHINING PATH
IN 1992, FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF ABIMAEL GUZMAN -- WHO FOUNDED
THE MAOIST GUERRILLA GROUP. DURING THE 1980'S, THE SHINING PATH
CONTROLLED MUCH OF PERU'S COUNTRYSIDE -- AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
NUMEROUS MASSACRES AND BOMBINGS. THE REBEL GROUP WAS SEVERELY
WEAKENED AFTER THE ARREST OF GUZMAN, WHO IS NOW SERVING A LIFE
SENTENCE IN PRISON.
SOME 15-HUNDRED PERUVIAN SOLDIERS AND POLICE TOOK PART IN THIS
LATEST OPERATION AGAINST THE SHINING PATH, WHICH RESULTED IN
WEDNESDAY'S CAPTURE OF THE GUERRILLA COMMANDER. (SIGNED)
NEB/WFR/KL
14-Jul-99 10:29 AM EDT (1429 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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