Peru Rebel Leader Refuses To Lay Down Arms -- Yahoo News/APLIMA, Peru - The leader of Peru's notorious Shining Path leftist rebels rejected an ultimatum to surrender and demanded to negotiate a political accord with the Peruvian government, in an interview aired Thursday by Peruvian broadcaster Radioprogramas.
Filomeno Cerron Cardoso, who goes by the nom de guerre "Comrade Artemio," said the group will never lay down arms or surrender in the face of "widespread military repression" from the government.
"We completely reject the ultimatum" issued by national police chief Octavio Salazar, Artemio said in a radio broadcast originally recorded Wednesday at a local station in the Huallaga Valley where the rebels still operate.
"We still insist that what is needed is a political solution, what is needed is a general amnesty and national reconciliation," Artemio said.
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My Comment: There must be something to the idea that you are a revolutionary ....
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