17 April 2012

PERU: 18 April UPDATE: Rebel Leader Mocks Humala About Hostage Rescues; Purely A Lure To Ambush Troops.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/18/peru-rebels-idUSL2E8FI7MX20120418


      More details are emerging about the successful rescue of 36 gas pipeline construction workers...kidnapped for 6 days by the narco/rebels...Sendero Luminoso/Shining Path. 
     6 security members were killed...and 10 more were injured during the battle in the jungle.
     Now...the rebel leader says the mass kidnapping was a ruse...to lure troops into the jungle to kill them.
     The government sent 1,500 troops to search for the hostages.
     Though the rebels demanded a $10 million ransom, weapons and explosives...the government paid nothing.