Peru arrests 28 in group tied to Shining Path

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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian police have arrested 28 leaders of the political wing of the Shining Path rebel movement, including the lawyer of its imprisoned leader and a cousin of President Ollanta Humala, the government announced Thursday.

Wednesday night’s arrests capped a two-year investigation that determined that members of the rebels’ political wing, MOVADEF, were responsible for terrorism and financing terrorism through drug trafficking.

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