In his hideaway on the eastern slopes of the Andes, Feliciano was cornered--and he knew it.
The leader of a remnant band of Peru's notorious Shining Path guerrilla movement, a balding 46-year-old with thick glasses and a mean temper, Oscar Ramirez Durand--Comrade Feliciano to his followers--was reduced to masquerading as a simple farmer. Along with three female and two male bodyguards, all hungry, he fled through the nearby forest to evade Peruvian soldiers who were closing in fast.
For years, Ramirez had slyly avoided capture. No one had even photographed him in 19 years. Recently, he had reemerged near Jauja, 185 miles east of Lima, a ghost in fatigues struggling to rebuild …
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