Peruvian Rebels Move Backups Into Capital

Rebels holding 72 hostages in the Japanese ambassador’s residence have summoned 60 fighters from the central jungle to Lima to help in case of a government raid, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The rebels moved from the jungle to Lima in mid-January, led by a woman known as “Gladys” or “La Gringa,” the opposition newspaper La Republica reported, quoting government intelligence documents.

According to the newspaper, the documents said little was known of the woman but that she was clearly a respected leader of the Tupac Amaru rebels.