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Video: On the drugs trail in Peru
Tracking down Shining Path.
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2009 14:43 GMT

 

 
  On the drugs trail in Peru  
 

Shining Path is active once more. The formerly idealistic Maoist guerrilla force now models itself on Colombia's Farc.

It supports its operations by drug trafficking.  And it is working. Josh Rushing travels to Peru to track down the group, heading to the heart of the country's cocaine industry.

 
 

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