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The National Police of Peru (PNP) has strengthened intelligence operations in the Valley of Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM), where a terrorist attack occurred last Sunday, leaving 16 dead, <a href="https://www.gob.pe/institucion/mininter/funcionarios/33629-cesar-augusto-cervantes-cardenas"target="_blank"

El Comando Conjunto de las FF.AA. señaló que viene ejecutando operaciones militares en la zona del Vraem, tras el asesinato de 16 personas en un bar del Vizcatán.

Photo: ANDINA 16:00 | Lima, May. 27. The National Police of Peru (PNP) has strengthened intelligence operations in the Valley of Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM), where a terrorist attack occurred last Sunday, leaving 16 dead, General Commander of the National Police Cesar Cervantes said on Thursday. The instruction to deploy a contingent of specialized troops to the area, conduct follow-up investigation, and collect data from various informants came as soon as t...

A brutal terrorist massacre, apparently caused by the remnants of the Shining Path in a remote and jungle region of Peru, burst with all crudeness into the polarized electoral campaign of the Andean country and brought to mind the episodes of the stark political violence of past decades.

Extremist massacre hits polarized Peruvian electoral campaign 2 minutes read By Alvaro Mellizo Lima, May 24 (EFE).- A brutal extremist massacre reportedly caused by remnants of Peru’s Shining Path rebels in a remote jungle region marred the country’s electoral campaign and brought to mind the political violence of decades past. Sources from the Joint Command of the Armed Forces confirmed the death of 14 people including two minors whose bodies had been burned, in a remote town in the jung...

Death toll from Peru massacre attributed to Shining Path offshoot rises to 16 2 minutes read By Fernando Gimeno Lima, May 25 (EFE).- The death toll from a massacre attributed to remnants of the once-powerful Shining Path guerrilla group has climbed to 16, Peru’s military said Tuesday. The two latest victims of the early Monday mass killing were found at the crime scene after an anti-terrorism prosecutor had inspected the remote jungle area and ordered the removal of the remains, the Joint C...

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic. 16:38 | Trujillo (La Libertad region), May. 25. Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti on Tuesday affirmed that those responsible for the murder of 16 people in the Valley of Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM) will be found and punished. "This will not go unpunished," he said in statements to the press. He noted that the Chief of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Manuel Cossio, headed to Mazamari, a town in VRAEM that is being thoroughly patrol...

A dos semanas para el balotaje entre Castillo y Fujimori, se conoció una matanza en el Vraem. Las autoridades atribuyeron el ataque a Sendero Luminoso. ¿Cómo puede afectar a la campaña?