(26 Dec 2012) SHOTLIST
26 December, 2012
1. Pan as vehicles carrying judges arrive at the Callao naval base, west of the capital Lima, where the trial is taking place
2. Pan as former leader of leader of Peru's once powerful Shining Path rebel group Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, also known as "Comrade Artemio," arrives at court and raises his arm
3. Mid of media
4. Reverse of Flores Hala as judges enter courtroom and are seated
5. Wide of the judges
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, also known as "Comrade Artemio", former leader of the Shining Path rebel group:
"I am neither a direct actor, nor a mediator, I am neither the intellectual author nor material author of the charges of which I am being accused. I will not take responsibility for the military actions for which I am being charged and I absolutely reject all accusations. I also reject accusations of drug trafficking and money laundering. I totally reject these accusations, I am absolutely not responsible for these actions."
7. Mid Flores Hala with media behind him
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Luis Landa, representative of the public prosecutor:
"The representative of the public prosecutor (prosecution) requested that the accused, Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, be sentenced to life imprisonment, plus an additional penalty of three hundred and sixty five days and a fine of ten million nuevos soles (nearly 4 million US dollars) by way of civil reparation in favour of the Peruvian State."
9. Mid of public prosecutors
10. Side view of prosecutor Gloria Medina
11. Wide of court
12. Pan of Flores Hala giving the thumbs up as he exits court
13. Wide of the naval base from across the street
FILE - 22 February, 2012
14. Mid of Flores Hala guarded by police officers being taken to the offices of the anti-terrorism division
15. Various of Flores Hala walking with policemen
STORYLINE
The leader of Peru's once powerful Shining Path rebel group rejected all charges levelled at him on Wednesday and further denied he was captured by police and soldiers.
Authorities say the rebel commander known as "Comrade Artemio" was captured along with two of his confederates on 12 February after he was shot by an
infiltrator. Flores, however, says he handed himself in.
Artemio's given name is Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala.
At the second hearing of the trial, Flores entered the courtroom accompanied by security officers and waved his fist in defiance towards the press and television cameras, mimicking the gesture of another Path leader, Abimael Guzman, founder and ideologue of the guerilla group currently in prison.
Flores Hala is being held at the same maximum security prison where Guzman has been held since his 1992 capture.
The rebel leader faced terrorism, drug trafficking and other charges. He has pleaded innocent to those charges.
"I will not take responsibility for the military actions for which I am being charged and I absolutely reject all accusations," said the rebel leader.
The prosecution requested that Flores Hala be sentenced to life imprisonment plus a hefty fine.
Shining Path waged a bloody war against the state but largely collapsed following Guzman's capture.
Flores Hala was the last of the Shining Path's Central Committee to be captured.
Remnants of the Maoist rebel movement, allied with drug traffickers in Peru's coca-growing heartland, have become more active in recent years.
More than 80 soldiers have been killed since 2008, the vast majority in ambushes.
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