Shining Path police guards as hostages. They had been working in the Camisea gas pipeline project that would take natural gas from Cusco to Lima. According to sources from Peru's Interior Ministry, the rebels asked for a sizable ransom to free the hostages. Two days later, after a rapid military response, the rebels abandoned the hostages; according to government sources no ransom was paid. However, there were rumors that US$200,000 was paid to the rebels. Government forces have captured three leading Shining Path members. In April 2000, Commander José Arcela Chiroque, called "Ormeño", was captured, followed by another leader, Florentino Cerrón Cardozo,
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece the Non Governmental Organization, Antinazi Initiative. The Trade Union wing of OAKKE, acting mainly in the ship repair zone in Perama, is ERGAS. Antinazi Initiative, corresponds to the British antifascist "Searchlight". It publishes the monthly newspaper "New East", and wall newspapers which are posted at key points in many cities across the country by its members and friends. Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (, "Orgánosi yia tin Anasigkrótisi tou Komounistikoú Kómmatos Elládas"), mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor Greek political party