{"id":4449,"date":"2014-07-04T20:22:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T03:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2014-07-04T20:30:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T03:30:37","slug":"members-peruvian-terrorist-organization-charged-terrorism-narcotics-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=4449","title":{"rendered":"DEA: Three Alleged Peruvian Terrorists Charged with Weapons, Terrorism and Narcotics Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK <\/strong>– Three leaders of a Peruvian terrorist organization, the Shining Path, were charged with terrorism, narcotics and weapons crimes, authorities announced this week.<\/p>\n

The three – \u00a0Florindo Eleuterio Flores-Hala<\/strong>, whose nickname is \u201cComrade Artemio;\u201d \u00a0Victor Quispe-Palomino,<\/strong> whose monkier is \u201cComrade Jos\u00e9,\u201d and Jorge Quispe-Palomino,<\/strong> also known as “Raul” \u00a0– are leaders of the Peruvian-based terrorist organization Sendero Luminoso, or \u201cShining Path,” according to the DEA.<\/p>\n

Shining Path has engaged in cocaine-trafficking and terrorist acts against Peruvian civilians and military, including bombings and massacres, since approximately 1980, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades, the Shining Path has fueled terror, addiction and instability across the globe using the proceeds of their drug trafficking,” \u00a0The Drug Enforcement Administrator Michael Leonhart. “This investigation and our ongoing global efforts reflect DEA\u2019s unwavering commitment to protecting our citizens from these violent and brutal narco-terror organizations. The DEA, along with our outstanding Peruvian law enforcement counterparts, will continue to attack this terrorist organization until they are completely dismantled.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than 30 years, the military-style Shining Path has been an international terrorist group ostensibly committed to Maoist ideals and dedicated to the violent overthrow of the democratically elected Government of Peru, authorities maintain.<\/p>\n

The Shining Path has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization since the designation was first established in U.S. law in October 1997, and has remained on the list of designees ever since.<\/p>\n

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