Peru Fears Reemergence of Violent Rebels; Shining Path Movement Aided by Drug Traffickers, Police Allege From: The Washington Post | Date: December 10, 2001| Author: Scott Wilson | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

In the mountains around this jungle town recently weaned from an economy based on illegal drug traffic, the stirrings of a dormant guerrilla organization are raising fears that terrorism is regaining a foothold in Peru's countryside.

A column of rebels from the Shining Path, a radical Maoist movement that terrorized Peru in the 1980s and early 1990s, assaulted the army barracks in nearby Nuevo Progreso in June after harassing neighboring towns for several weeks. Although no one was kil...

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