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| Peru rescues 39 'slave workers' from Shining Path farm | Peru rescues 39 'slave workers' from Shining Path farm |
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| The Peruvian army says it has rescued 39 people from a farm where the Shining Path rebel group kept them as slaves. | The Peruvian army says it has rescued 39 people from a farm where the Shining Path rebel group kept them as slaves. |
| Some of the captives said they had been kidnapped some 30 years ago. The defence ministry said 26 of them were children, some of whom were born in captivity. | Some of the captives said they had been kidnapped some 30 years ago. The defence ministry said 26 of them were children, some of whom were born in captivity. |
| The victims said they were also forced to work in fields. | The victims said they were also forced to work in fields. |
| Some 120 Peruvian soldiers took part in the operation. Four army helicopters airlifted the captives into safety. | Some 120 Peruvian soldiers took part in the operation. Four army helicopters airlifted the captives into safety. |
| The military says soldiers were led to the farm by a former captive, who lived there for many years and escaped about a month ago. | |
| 'Work and procreate' | 'Work and procreate' |
| "We've been here, like this, for 30 years," one of the rescued women told La Republica newspaper. | "We've been here, like this, for 30 years," one of the rescued women told La Republica newspaper. |
| Some of the rescued children said they were scared of the army, after being told by the rebels that the soldiers had come to kill them. | Some of the rescued children said they were scared of the army, after being told by the rebels that the soldiers had come to kill them. |
| "The aim of this operation was to rescue the people who were hostages of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) in what is called a production camp," said Vice-Defence Minister Ivan Vega Loncharich. | "The aim of this operation was to rescue the people who were hostages of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) in what is called a production camp," said Vice-Defence Minister Ivan Vega Loncharich. |
| Production camps are farms where "the children are gathered to work in agriculture and the women are expected to procreate and give birth to new rebels," he said. | Production camps are farms where "the children are gathered to work in agriculture and the women are expected to procreate and give birth to new rebels," he said. |
| La Republica said some of the children had been kidnapped from rural communities, where parents do not report abductions for fear of reprisals. | La Republica said some of the children had been kidnapped from rural communities, where parents do not report abductions for fear of reprisals. |
| The Maoist-inspired left-wing group was largely defeated in the 1990s after waging a bloody insurgency in one of South America's poorest nations. | The Maoist-inspired left-wing group was largely defeated in the 1990s after waging a bloody insurgency in one of South America's poorest nations. |
| Almost 70,000 people died or disappeared in more than a decade of internal conflict. | Almost 70,000 people died or disappeared in more than a decade of internal conflict. |
| But the Shining Path remains active in the main cocaine producing region of the country, where it is lead by the brothers Victor and Jorge Quispe Palomino. | But the Shining Path remains active in the main cocaine producing region of the country, where it is lead by the brothers Victor and Jorge Quispe Palomino. |
| They have been indicted in the US for drug trafficking offences, along with Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, alias Comrade Artemio, who was arrested in 2012. | They have been indicted in the US for drug trafficking offences, along with Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, alias Comrade Artemio, who was arrested in 2012. |