11. He said the Peruvian military tried to communicate with the missionary plane using civilian frequencies, but got no response. 12. Hours after the government proposed a cease-fire, the Peruvian military said Thursday its forces advanced on Ecuadorean positions in the bloody week-old border conflict. 13. It gives the Peruvian military, composed of an army, navy and air force, four months to change its regulations, manuals and orders. 14. One of the suspected arms deals was a shipment of weapons from Jordan to the Peruvian military that was allegedly diverted to leftist guerrillas in Colombia. 15. Previously the Peruvian military said five soldiers were killed last week when Ecuador shot down a resupply helicopter. 16. Some pressure on Panama to reverse its rejection of the asylum request Saturday may have come from Montesinos and his supporters in the Peruvian military. 17. The flights have been suspended since the Peruvian military mistakenly shot down a Baptist missionary plane last year, killing an American woman and her infant daughter. 18. The drug finds have come as a major embarrassment for the Peruvian military, which has tried to live down previous allegations of drug trafficking by military leaders. 19. The Peruvian military said the plane did not identify itself as it flew through a jungle region frequented by drug traffickers. 20. The Peruvian military, which suffered the most casualties, resents the impression that it had trouble defeating little Ecuador, experts say. |