Peru army says kills seven guerrilla drug traffickers

Updated Friday, October 19, 2007 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

Peru army says kills seven guerrilla drug traffickers

LIMA -- Seven suspected guerrillas were killed by Peru’s army in a remote area of the Andes where remnants of the Shining Path insurgency guard the coca plantations of drugs bosses, officials said on Wednesday.

The shootout on Tuesday near Ayacucho, the birthplace of the Shining Path about 360 miles (580 km) southeast of Lima, occurred two months after Peruvian police captured 20 alleged holdouts of the Maoist group in regions that produce coca, which can be refined into cocaine.

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