Massacre in Peru: 18 dead in terrorist attack attributed to Shining Path

LIMA.- At least 18 people, including two children, were killed today by suspected terrorist columns of the Shining Path group in a central area of ​​the country known as Vraem, where rebels operate in alliance with drug trafficking gangs, a police chief said today.

With the bodies were found brochures that judge the actions of the terrorist group. “Cleanse Vraem and Peru from the caves of evil life, parasites and the corrupt,” one of the sentences read.

In addition, they called for a boycott of the June 6 general elections to elect the next president of Peru and urged to vote white: “Peruvian people: boycott the bourgeois elections, because it is not your way: do not go. vote. Vote in white. Vote null or not! “.

Among the highlighted sentences, there was “Never again Keiko Fujimori”, with a threat to those who vote for the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, saying that “whoever votes for Keiko Fujimori is a traitor, he is a murderer of Vraem, he is a murderer of Peru!”

The candidate of the left Pedro Castillo He expressed his solidarity with the families and denounced the terrorist attack. “We will not tolerate any act of violence,” he said on Twitter.

Keiko’s supporters are trying to link Castillo to Sendero’s political wing, which the left-wing candidate denies.

the Department of Defense issued a statement in which he reaffirmed “his commitment to continue fighting terrorism within the current legal framework and with strict respect and respect for human rights”.

They also condemned the murders, which reported that are actions qualified by the terrorist organization as “social cleansing”, and expressed its solidarity with the families of the victims, as well as guaranteed “the conduct of a safe electoral process for all citizens”.

The incident happened on Sunday evening in a town in the district of Vizcatán, in an area called Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro (Vraem), where it is generated. 75% cocaine in the South American country, authorities say.

“There will probably be more deaths,” the general said. Cesar Cervantes, police commander general, on RPP radio.

The guerrillas they cremated the bodies of the two childrens, as reported by the media “Peru 21”. The victims include six women, two minors and ten men. Firearms were used in the attack.

“The anti-terrorism directorate will conduct the investigations. They’ve always been cremated, they’ve been burnedCervantes explained.

Vraem is the center of the security forces’ constant operations against the rebel group Shining Path, which police say acts as bodyguards for drug traffickers.

Almost all of Sendero’s leaders are in prison, but their remains, led by Comrade José, still operate in Peru’s largest coca-producing valley, which has been under military surveillance since 2006.

Peru and Colombia are the world’s largest producers of coca leaf and cocaine, according to United Nations data.

AFP, DPA and Reuters agencies

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