The World - News from April 16, 1989
Peru has bought a fleet of MI-17 helicopters from the Soviet Union to step up the fight against leftist guerrillas, Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo said. Defense Ministry sources have said the government is seeking 18 MI-17s and is negotiating separately with West Germany for more copters to step up counterinsurgency efforts against Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebels in the remote Andean highlands.
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