Re: Adolfo Olachea arrested in Spain

["Johannes Schneider" <Johannes.Schneider@xxxxxxx>]

Spain extradites Maoist rebel suspect to Peru
08 August 2003

LIMA: Peruvian police began interrogating a 60-year-old self-declared Maoist
today after he was extradited from Spain to face charges that he spent much
of the last 30 years in Europe promoting the Shining Path rebel group.


Adolfo Olaechea arrived on a commercial flight and was escorted in a
bullet-proof vest to Interpol's Lima offices for questioning, witnesses
said. He waved and smiled to reporters.

Police cordoned off several blocks around the building and sharpshooters
watched from nearby roofs.

Olaechea has lived in Britain since leaving Peru in the early 1970s but was
arrested in July during a vacation in Almeria, Spain.

"He will face trial for defending terrorism, the charge on which he was
extradited, but he is facing other charges in Peru," Deputy Justice Minister
Adolfo Solf said.

Olaechea denies being a member of the Shining Path but identifies himself as
a Maoist, according to statements he made to the press over the last decade.

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