The Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, announced the capture of Iván Quispe Palomino, one of the leaders of the terrorist organization Sendero Luminoso, entrenched in the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers (Vraem). The arrest was made in the Lima district of San Juan de Lurigancho.
According to the head of the Mininter, the terrorist leader Iván Quispe Palomino was transferred to the headquarters of the Directorate against Terrorism (Dircote) to take his generals of law, and Later, it will be presented to the media.
In statements to TV PeruMinister Juan José Santiváñez stated that the arrest occurred at the Los Jardines station on Line 1 of the Lima Metro, in San Juan de Lurigancho. After being recognized, the terrorist was arrested.
Iván Quispe Palomino, 49 years old, was “the number two commander” of Luminous Path. His capture was carried out by the Railway Police.
Juan José Santiváñez maintained that Quispe Palomino was intervened in the within the framework of the ‘Genesis’ operation, carried out by the National Police, whose objective was to request identification from passers-byin the context of the state of emergency decreed in 13 districts of Lima and one in Callao
He said that Iván Quispe Palomino had been traveling with a fake ID, which would constitute a crime of double identity.
