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The Communist party known as Shining Path, was founded in 1970 by Abimael Guzmán Reynoso as an orthodox Marxist-Leninist offshoot of the Peruvian Communist party. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/shining-path.html
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Shining Path launched the internal conflict in Peru with other peruvian communists against the Government (turned to Terrorism). suspected to have killed 70,000 people so far, is ongoing but died down since 2000. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/shining-path.html
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Peruvian Government declared a "emergency zone" in several regions that allowed them to detain any suspecious person. The millitary abused this power and raped, tortured, and murdered many innocent people. http://countrystudies.us/peru/48.htm
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In January, Feburary, and march of 1983 several dozen Shining Path members were rounded up and killed by "anti-rebel militias". In response, Shining Path entered the province of Huanca Sancos and masacred 69 people known as the Lucanamarca massacre.
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In June 1985 it blew up electricity transmission towers in Lima, producing a blackout, and detonated car bombs near the government palace and the justice palace. http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/22/world/around-the-world-guerrillas-black-out-lima-for-45-minutes.html
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Shining Path assassinated Constantin Gregory, an American citizen working for the United States Agency for International Development. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path
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Detenated a large bomb on Tarata Street in Lima, killing 25 people and injuring 155 more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path
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The Shining Path's leader abimael Guzmán was captured in 1992. When Guzman fell, most other Shining Path leadership fell as well. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/shining-path.html
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Leader of Shining path after Guzman, Óscar Ramírez, was captured in 1999. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9907/14/peru.path.02/
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In March of 2002 Shining Path detonated a car bomb outside the US embassy in lima, just before U.S. president George W. Bush came for a visit. killed 9 people and 30 more were injured. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/peru/car-bomb.htm
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In December of 2011, a leader of the shining path known as Comrade Artemio declared to several international reporters that the guerrilla war against the Peru has been lost. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/07/world/americas/peru-shining-path/index.html
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The last known Terrorist act by Shining Path was on the 7th of October 2012, when Shining Path rebels carried out an attack on three helicopters being used by an international gas pipeline consortium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path no one was injured in the attack.
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On June 7 2013 Comrade Artemio, a Shining Path leader, was convicted of terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering. He was sentenced to life in prison and a fine of $183 million. Last known "update" on the Shining Path. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17186154
