FILE PHOTO 31DEC96 - Tupac Amaru rebel Rolly Rojas, known as "The Arab," gestures to journalists inside the besieged Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima during an impromptu press conference December 31, 1996. Rojas, who is guerrilla leader Cerpa Cartolini's second-in-command, will leave the diplomatic compound to a "safe-house" across the street where he will represent the rebels in the negotiations for the release of 72 hostages with government representative Domingo Palermo.

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