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Shining Path expands role in cocaine trade
The Shining Path rebel group, which led a bloody civil war in the 1980s, has expanded its foothold in Peru’s cocaine trade to run lucrative drug labs.
Alan Garcia
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Peru’s leader accepts resignations of entire Cabinet
Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted the resignations of his entire Cabinet on Friday in the face of a brewing corruption scandal.
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Ex-president Fujimori back in Peru for trial
Disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori arrived in Peru for the first time in seven years under armed guard on Saturday — a day after Chile’s Supreme Court authorised his extradition — to face charges of abusing human rights and stealing public money during his decade-long rule in the 1990s.
