On Sunday, the Peruvian Police captured Osman Morote, the top military leader of the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group. Morote had arrived in Lima a week ago to coordinate terrorist attacks in Lima. The Shining Path was founded by Abimael Guzman. It is a splinter of the Peruvian Communist Party and is seeking to overthrow Peru's elected government and install a peasant and worker state. Eight years ago the group took up arms after conducting semi-clandestine political work with peasants in the Andean highlands for 10 years. In an interview on Sunday night, President Alan García said that he would not allow any more terrorists into Peru.
On Sunday, the Peruvian Police captured Osman Morote, the top military leader of the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group. Morote had arrived in Lima a week ago to coordinate terrorist attacks in Lima. The Shining Path was founded by Abimael Guzman. It is a splinter of the Peruvian Communist Party and is seeking to overthrow Peru's elected government and install a peasant and worker state. Eight years ago the group took up arms after conducting semi-clandestine political work with peasants in the Andean highlands for 10 years. Guzman, not seen for years, still is recognized at the group's leader.