Bolivia has terrorist suspect as speech writer

Washington Times:

A speechwriter for leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales is wanted on terrorism charges in neighboring Peru, according to law-enforcement authorities in that country.
Peruvian Attorney General Guillermo Cabala has said his government is issuing a warrant for the arrest and extradition of Peruvian national Walter Chavez for activities related to the Tupac Amaru, a Marxist revolutionary movement that was active until 1997.
Mr. Chavez faces imprisonment "for crimes of terrorism because, in October 1990, he blackmailed two Peruvian citizens by demanding money as a war tax for the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement," Mr. Cabala said.
Counterterrorism officials have described Mr. Chavez as "one of the intellectual figures" of the Tupac Amaru, which gained notoriety in late 1996 when it raided a diplomatic reception at the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru, seizing 72 hostages.
The four-month siege ended with a counterassault by U.S.-trained commandos of Peru's Delta Company, who killed 14 members of the terrorist team, including their leader Nestor Cerpa.
Peruvian security officials said recently that the group is reorganizing in neighboring countries. Citing police intelligence reports, Peru's main newspaper, El Comercio, reported a month ago that Tupac Amaru had formed "support bases" in Bolivia "to advance legal, political and military objectives."
Intelligence analysts say that the group's connections with Bolivia date to the early 1990s and that Bolivian identity documents were found on Cerpa's body.
Bolivian government officials say Mr. Chavez has been employed in Mr. Morales' press office during the past year.
"He corrects and revises speeches for the president," said Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera.
Mr. Chavez also is reported to have tried to influence news coverage. Directors of various news channels say he has attempted to intimidate them into supporting government positions and even threatened to suspend broadcasting licenses.
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When it comes to the rule of law communist have always thought it was for everyone else. Murder was OK as long as it was done to further the cause. That is why communist governments have been responsible for more genocide than anyone else in the history of the world making even Hitler look small time. Perhaps this guy is small time too, but putting him in a government position suggest at least an indifference to his acts which would be an indicator that similar acts may happen again. Peru certainly has a beef, especially in Bolivia is giving sanctuaries to murderous terrorist.