The World - News from Feb. 22, 1985
More than 1,500 people have disappeared in the troubled Peruvian region near Ayacucho since the Lima government imposed military rule there two years ago in its struggle against the Maoist guerrillas of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), a spokesman for the human rights organization Amnesty International said at a news conference.
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