Interior Minister, Octavio Salazar, announced today that it will increase police operations in the Upper Huallaga to give the capture of the terrorist "Artemio", the head of the remnants of Sendero Luminoso in the area the country. He noted that although one can not specified period, the clash Thursday in Aucayacu, in which two terrorists were wounded and two dead, including the number two of "Artemio", make it clear that the siege against the Shining Path leader is narrowing. "We will not give time frames for when it will fall Artemio or anything like that, he must fall on things that are given, we will continue to increase the shares at that place," he said.
On the other hand, Salazar Miranda said the National Police is in the process of verifying the identities of terrorists killed, among them "Reuben" considered the number two of "Artemio" and responsible for several attacks.
also announced that in addition to promotion to the next rank of the officers who captured these terrorists, also will be given the reward of 500 thousand suns that had been set for these criminals, after verification.
Finally, the owner of Interior said it would draw attention to certain municipalities and regional governments for failing to comply with the policies established by the Council of Citizen Security.