Peruvian police have captured Walter Diaz Vega who was suspected to be involved with a rebel group known as the Shining Path. The Shining Path had been a major communist force seeking to remove the existing Peruvian government in the 1980s and 1990s. Vega had reportedly been planning to reorganize the group after its previous leader, Comrade Artemio, was arrested last month. Only remnants of the original group remain after the arrest of Artemio, but small militant groups have still fought in rural areas of the state in attempt to gain control of the cocaine trade. Vega will be transported to Lima where he will be charged.
Meghan Steinbeiss
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17253453
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