Peru: Peruvian forces kill 3 high-ranking rebels of Shining Path
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala said that security forces killed three high-ranking Shining Path members in southern Andean region of Ayacucho.
Humala told TV Peru that Alejandro Borda Casafranca, alias “Alipio,” and Martin Quispe Palomino, alias “Gabriel,” accused of being the number one and two in the Shining Path, were killed in a shootout with Peruvian security forces.
“The intelligence sources that have participated in this action have confirmed that the dead terrorist criminals are the number one and number two of the Shining Path’s military structure,” he said.
One other rebel identified as “Alfonso,” allegedly right-hand man of “Alipio,” was also killed in the clash.