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DATE=7/14/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251756
TITLE=GUERRILLA LEADER CAPTURED (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=SHARON STEVENSON
DATELINE=LIMA, PERU
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI HAS ANNOUNCED THE 
CAPTURE OF MAOIST SHINING PATH GUERRILLA LEADER, CALLED 
"FELICIANO," IN THE ANDEAN MOUNTAINS.  SHARON STEVENSON REPORTS 
THAT THE CAPTURE CAME AFTER AN INTENSE HUNT OVER THE LAST MONTH.
TEXT:  THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED IN A RADIO BROADCAST THAT THE 
GUERRILLA LEADER HAD BEEN TAKEN ALIVE -- AS HE HAD ORDERED -- 
ALONG WITH THREE WOMEN, ONE SAID TO BE HIS COMMON-LAW WIFE.  IN 
ADDITION, FIVE OTHER GUERRILLAS WERE ALSO CAPTURED IN AN 
ENCIRCLING OPERATION IN THE MOUNTAINS SOME 385 KILOMETERS EAST OF
LIMA, NEAR THE REGIONAL CAPITAL OF HUANCAYO. 
SOME 1500 POLICE AND MILITARY TROOPS HAD BEEN SENT TO THE AREA IN
AN OPERATION WHICH THE PRESIDENT SAID HE DIRECTED PERSONALLY.  
AFTER A SIGHTING OF THE GUERRILLA LEADER TUESDAY, HE WAS CAPTURED
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS FELICIANO WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SOON
AND WILL BE TRIED IN A MILITARY COURT AND  NOT  A CIVILIAN COURT.
(OPT)  THE PRESIDENT REFERRED TO PERU'S RECENT REJECTION OF A 
DEMAND BY A HUMAN RIGHT'S COURT IN THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN 
STATES  THAT PERU RETRY FOUR CHILEAN'S IN A CIVILIAN COURT.
                 /// FUJIMORI ACT IN SPANISH ///
"HE WILL BE JUDGED, THE PRESIDENT SAID,  "IN THE JURISDICTION 
THAT PERU'S LEGISLATION  HAS ESTABLISHED. THE INTERAMERICAN COURT
DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING--NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS INTERNAL SOVEREIGN
AFFAIR OF ALL PERUVIANS." (END OPT)
FELICIANO JOINED THE GUERRILLA GROUP IN THE SEVENTIES AND TOOK 
OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF SHINING PATH AFTER THE GROUP'S FOUNDER, 
ABIMAIL GUZMAN, WAS CAPTURED IN 1992.  SINCE THEN THE ARMED 
FORCES HAD MADE NUMEROUS ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THE NEW LEADER WAS 
ABOUT TO BE CAPTURED. 
THE PRESIDENT  SAID THAT SINCE 1991 HE HAD TAKEN A TWO-PRONGED 
APPROACH TO COMBATING THE GUERRILLAS.
                 /// FUJIMORI ACT IN SPANISH ///
"IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM," HE SAID, "YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR 
THEM TO ATTACK AND THEN COUNTERATTACK.  INTELLIGENCE WORK AND 
TAKING THE INITIATIVE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, OTHERWISE YOU 
CAN'T DEFEAT TERRORISM."
MR. FUJIMORI HAS PROMISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO GO AFTER 
THE REMAINING LEADERS.  RESIDENTS FROM THE AREA HAVE SAID THAT, 
BECAUSE OF ILLNESS, FELICIANO HAS  NOT  LED THE GROUP FOR MORE 
THAN A YEAR, AND THAT THE NEW LEADERS ARE GETTING ADVICE ON 
RE-BUILDING THE MOVEMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
AN ESTIMATED 30,000 PERUVIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THE SHINING 
PATH GUERRILLAS BEGAN THEIR CAMPAIGN IN 1980. (SIGNED)
NEB/SS/ENE/KL      
14-Jul-99 2:25 PM EDT (1825 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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