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tags:
  - Organization
  - Private
  - Media
  - Peru
category: "Private Organization"
summary: "The Ocho Group was a chain of five small Peruvian newspapers that Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman Reynoso asked Israel to purchase on his movement's behalf as part of a deal to secure rare minerals for Israel's nuclear program."
location: "Peru"
---
The [[Ocho Group]] was a chain of five small newspapers in [[Peru]]. [[Abimael Guzman Reynoso]], the leader of the [[Shining Path]], requested that [[Israel]] purchase this newspaper chain on the movement's behalf as part of a deal to secure rare minerals for [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear program.[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015).