Shining Path releases hostages, Peru

The 36 workers in the gas sector contractors kidnapped by Shining Path rebels in southeastern Peru were released Saturday after spending nearly six days in the hands of insurgents, said local media reports and a corporate source.
Released 36 workers kidnapped by Shining Path

The 36 workers in the gas sector contractors kidnapped by Shining Path rebels in southeastern Peru were released Saturday after spending nearly six days in the hands of insurgents, said local media reports and a corporate source.

Operators of the Swedish firm Skanska and Peru Ramsa, were taken hostage on Monday in a remote location in the area known as the VRAE (Valley of the Apurimac and Ene River), where remnants of the Shining Path operates in partnership with the drug trafficking.
“As we have recepcionado authorities to safely gentlemen,” said Lt. Governor Vilcabamba district, Susano Guillen, the local radiomisora ​​RPP.The Government has not confirmed the report. But a source at one of the companies involved told Reuters that there had been the release of all hostages. Read Article