Shining Path rebels kill drug officer
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Shining Path rebels working with drug traffickers killed one police officer and wounded 11 on an anti-drug patrol in Peru’s coca-producing Apurimac River valley, a police chief said.
A female officer, 21, died of a gunshot to the head Sunday, Gen. Miguel Hidalgo, chief of Peru’s anti-drug police, told the Canal 7 news program.
Police have been attacked frequently since a group stormed a police station near a drug-trafficking route in Apurimac in November, killing a police lieutenant.
The Maoist Shining Path is financing a resurgence by protecting drug smugglers who carry cocaine out of the region.
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