Peruvian police rescue 10 kids from guerrillas
July 7th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANSLima, July 7 (IANS/EFE) Police rescued 10 children who had been forcibly recruited by a guerrilla group in southern Peru, President Ollanta Humala said Friday.
“Ten children have been recovered. There are no casualties. The operation was carried out with great care to avoid the spilling of blood,” he told Canal N television.
The cops also captured 11 guerrillas, the president said.
A remnant of the Shining Path rebel group that operates in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene rivers snatched kids and tried to mould them into “little pioneers” of the movement, according to media accounts.
“They have been abducting children of the rural population for training and to cover their backs through this extortion and to assure themselves of the forced collaboration (of the residents),” Humala said of the guerrillas.
The rescue mission was carried out Thursday in the Junin region and the freed youngsters were taken to the city of Mazamari, where the president said he planned to meet with them.
The region, which comprises a vast expanse of jungle across the regions of Junin, Ayacucho, Cuzco and Apurimac, is a major centre of coca growing and cocaine production.
–IANS/EFE
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