At least three suspected Shining Path guerillas were killed March 20 in a gun battle with Peruvian solidiers in Huachocolpa, Huancavelica department. According to a statement from Peru's Defense Ministry, the confrontation occurred in the early morning hours when soldiers were patrolling the area for a group of "terrorists" from the Shining Path's "Comrade Alipio" faction who recently moved into the region and are believed to be working with cocaine traffickers. (Living in Peru [1], AP [2], March 21)
See our last posts on Peru [3] and supposed Shining Path attacks [4].
