Slaves of the past

摘要

For Peruvians it was a reminder of a long-ago nightmare. On July 27th soldiers and police rescued 26 children, ten women and three men whom they said had been held as slaves for up to 30 years by Sendero Luminoso ("Shining Path"), a Maoist terrorist group. The captives, some of whom are from the Ashaninka Amerindian tribe, were growing food for the guerrillas. Officials said the women had been raped. All had received political indoctrination; some were reluctant to be rescued.