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Shining Path
group name
Sendero Luminoso (SL) or "Shining Path." The group's full name is the Communist Party of Peru for the Shining Path of Jose Carlos Mariategui.
location
Shining Path operates in Peru. The group's main stronghold is in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro rivers (VRAEM), a major cocaine-producing area in the departments of Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Cusco and Junin.
stated purpose
The SL seeks to overthrow existing Peruvian state institutions and replace them with a Marxist government, to be known as the...
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