Shining Path rebels 'tax' logging in Brazil jungle

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BRASILIA, Brazil, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Peru's Shining Path
rebels, who have begun launching attacks there again after
lying low for years, are "taxing" illegal logging and
drug-smuggling operations on the jungle border with Brazil
to raise funds, a top Brazilian policeman said on Monday.

Members of the Maoist group also cross the isolated border
into Brazilian jungle towns to get supplies or to find women,
said Mauro Sposito, head of the Brazilian federal police's
Amazon drugs squad.

One of Latin America's most ruthless rebel groups at the
height of its struggle, Shining Path has been largely dormant
since the capture of its leader Abimael Guzman in 1992.

But in recent months, it has staged new attacks and
incursions. The Peruvian government said this month it was
forming a battalion of troops to fight them.

Reuters

[Sephirstein]

1. Maoist = evil

Why can't they just be Dubcekian Marxists or something noble like that?