Local authorities in Junin call for greater gov’t presence following military, Shining Path confrontation

Authorities in Junin region’s Jauja province have called on greater presence of Peru’s government following a confrontation between state security forces and suspected Shining Path guerrillas that left one army captain dead. The lieutenant governor of Rondayacu, the village where the shootout took place, would only speak to CNR news service on condition her name [...]

U.S. State Department offers reward for Shining Path leaders

The United States Department of State has placed the leaders of two Shining Path factions on its narcotics rewards program, which offers compensation of $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the targets. The announcement comes only weeks after a UN Office on Drug Control and Crime (UNODC) report, questioned by [...]

One soldier dead and three wounded during narcoterrorist ambush in VRAE

Suspected Shining Path guerrillas based in Peru’s remote Apurimac and Ene River Valleys, or VRAE, ambushed a patrol of soldiers on Monday, leaving one soldier dead and three others wounded. According to daily El Comercio, the attack occurred in Pampa Hermosa, located in the province of Vitzcatán. Though the nature of the injuries, the method [...]

13 Peru soldiers killed in guerrilla ambush led by former teacher

One of the deadliest terrorist operations in years — suspected to have been planned and staged by a former teacher turned guerrilla — has left 13 soldiers dead in Peru’s remote Apurimac and Ene River Valleys, or VRAE, said Defense Minister Ántero Flores Áraoz. “The attack carried out with dynamite and grenades occurred on Thursday, [...]

Highway Police Ambushed in Ayacucho, Three Dead

Three police were killed and one wounded Sunday in an ambush by narcoterrorists on the road just outside the city of Huanta, in the department of Ayacucho. The highway patrol had left Huanta at 2:15 am to cover the four-hour route to Luricocha. It was attacked 15 minutes later by about 30 men armed with [...]