IMPRISONED WIVES OF PERUVIAN REVOLUTIONISTS ON HUNGER STRIKE Bo
Taken hostage by the Belaunde governnent and held under shocking” conditions at the Chorrillos prison in Lima since last spring, six wives. of leading revolutionists engaged in the guerrilla
struggle in Peru started a hunger strike February ll.
They are demanding that the government either officially deny or confirm the rumored execution of Guillermo Lobaton, one of the heads of the MIR (Movimiénto de Izquierda Revolucionaria). Government ‘sources have .spread the story that. the leader of one of the~active guerrilla. fronts .was killed. The MIR- has issued identals from the: underground. : . wd
One ‘of the six ‘women is ‘Jacquelin Lobaton, the wife of Guil-lermio. fare oo . or
"he women political hostages are denied the most ordinary rights of prisoners. Nevertheless they managed to pass a letter... through the bars revealing their anguish and despair over the official conspiracy. of silence on the fate of Guillermo Lobaton. .
_ INTERVIEW WITH A BOLIVIAN