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High tech gear aided Peru hostage rescue details emerge
Peruvian TV aired how covert listening devices hidden in a chess piece a guitar crutch and a Bible helped authorities track the Tupac Amaru rebels during the four month Lima siege. A CIA operated Schweizer RG-8A spy plane spotted hostages and booby traps guiding the assault that freed 71 captives.
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Lima
Peru
CIA
Tupac Amaru
Nestor Cerpa
Cerpa
Rosa Cardenas
Susana Roque
Fernando Rospigliosi
Aprodeh
Rosi Rojas
Cardenas
Rospigliosi
Eduardo Cruz
Cruz
Red Cross
Central Intelligence Agency
Contrapunto
U.S. Coast Guard
Colombia