---
category: Private Organization
location: Peru
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.
tags:
- Organization
- Private
- Media
- Peru
---

The [Ocho Group](/organizations/ocho-group/) was a chain of five small newspapers in [Peru](/places/peru/). [Abimael Guzman Reynoso](/people/abimael-guzman-reynoso/), the leader of the [Shining Path](/organizations/shining-path/), requested that [Israel](/places/israel/) purchase this newspaper chain on the movement's behalf as part of a deal to secure rare minerals for [Israel's](/places/israel/) nuclear program.[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.