The Shining Path in Peru

Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) – Maoist guerrilla group founded 1970 by Abimael Guzmán, aiming to install a communist state via armed revolution.

• 1980s‑90s: violent insurgency, ~69,000 deaths (Truth Commission).
• 1992: Guzmán captured; activity declined but not eradicated.
• Recent reports suggest modest resurgence.

Ideology: Marxism‑Leninism‑Maoism; tactics: terrorism, guerrilla warfare.