PARALLEL DEFENSES
The same strategy is used by Abimael Guzmán and Fujimori. They both claim they were unaware of the crimes.
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It Has Been Proven That Abimael Guzmán Directed Movadef from the Callao Naval Base
The Sendero ringleader used his lawyers Alfredo Crespo, Manuel Fajardo, and Carlos Gamero to relay his directives to imprisoned leaders in Lima's prisons, as well as to reach agreements with …
History of a Betrayal III
Fujimori and Montesinos's treacherous attitude cannot go unpunished, parliamentarians Adrianzén and Benítez assert. Investigate the sabotage of Abimael's capture. The counter-order from the corrupt government duo, Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro …
History of a Betrayal II
Sendero and fujimontesinista paramilitaries flooded the country with blood from 1990 until the definitive capture of Guzmán in 1992. In the nearly two years (22 months) that elapsed between the …
History of a Betrayal I
Abimael could have been captured two years earlier. Had Guzmán's capture been carried out, bloody attacks such as the one on calle Tarata could have been avoided. A few weeks …
A Path That Is Far From Luminous
Following the capture of the Shining Path's leadership in 1992, there have been several processes of rupture and division within Sendero Luminoso, the main one splitting the organization into two …
The Long Agony of Edmundo Camana
Edmundo Camana was one of the survivors of the killing of 69 peasants in Lucanamarca. He was 34 years old when his face was captured by a camera in a …
Guzmán Ordered the Murder of Peasants in Soras
The Judiciary is prosecuting Abimael Guzmán and his Senderista central political committee for having ordered in 1984 the violent execution of 104 peasants from the Ayacucho district of Soras who …
Gonzalo Thought?
The so-called "Gonzalo thought" is much discussed and little understood. In the process of the failed legal registration of their political movement, the Senderistas publicly affirmed their adherence to "Gonzalo …
The Huamanga Files
Movadef, the Trotskyist left, and the current student resistance against Sendero Luminoso in what was once the bastion of terror. Twenty years have passed since the capture of Abimael Guzmán, …
Gonzalo Thought?
Much is said and little is known about the so-called "Gonzalo thought." In the process of the failed legal registration of their political movement, the Senderistas have publicly affirmed their …
The Urgency of Working on Historical Memory in Schools
How is it possible that the tragedy experienced by Peruvians has not been processed? Why have we not learned that intolerance, hatred, discrimination, and racism lead to destruction and death? …
What Happened to the Hunters?
A few months after the capture of Abimael Guzmán, the Fujimori government dismantled the GEIN. The officers of that time accused the regime of wanting to overshadow the team's work. …
Abimael, the SIN, and Pinto Cárdenas
Now that, thanks to the ruling by Supreme Court judge Javier Villa Stein, Colonel Alberto Pinto Cárdenas has been released and denies his ties to the Colina group, we recall …
The Hunt for the Big-Cheek
The protagonists of the arrest of Abimael Guzmán Reinoso narrate in the following chronicle how a small group of police officers, in a short period of three years, managed to …
MOVADEF: Remnants of a Violent Phenomenon
MOVADEF, founded on November 20, 2009 and now just over a year old, has managed to field several candidacies in the most recent regional and municipal elections; similarly, in these …
MOVADEF: Remnants of a Violent Phenomenon
MOVADEF, founded on November 20, 2009 and now with just over a year of existence, has managed to field several candidacies in the most recent regional and municipal elections. Likewise, …
THE ALLURE FOR A QUICK VICTORY. LESSONS FROM PERU'S FIGHT AGAINST SHINING PATH
FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER a powerful rebellion spread fear and destruction throughout the nation of Peru, the commanding general of the Peruvian Army, Otto Guibovich, provided the ominous warning: "If we …
The Lure of Quick Victory: Lessons from Peru's Fight Against Shining Path
FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER a powerful rebellion spread fear and destruction throughout Peru, the commanding general of the Peruvian Army, Otto Guibovich, issued the following ominous warning: "If we don't do …
By Fist and Blood
Behind-the-scenes accounts reveal that Guzmán's strategy goes beyond the "political solution" proposed in his book "De Puño y Letra" and the intense debate that followed the presentation of the book …
THE DEMOCRATIC VALUE OF A REASONED VERDICT
The sentence against Abimael Guzmán handed down by the Sala Suprema Antiterrorista chaired by Pablo Talavera demonstrates that it is possible to confront, in a democracy and within the rule …
Abimael's Girlfriend
The partner and soon-to-be wife of Abimael Guzmán speaks with CARETAS. The woman who symbolized the power behind the Senderista leader will turn 60 in the coming months. She hopes …
R. N. Number 5385*2006
The objection filed against the conviction of Sendero Luminoso leaders is rejected as unfounded. The objection filed against the conviction of Abimael Guzmán to life imprisonment for the commission of …
Confessions Before the Tribunal of History
The Peruvian military has no interest in the judgment of history because they have everything to lose in it. The conventional wisdom about the war they waged with Sendero is …
The Prolonged People's War
The strategy of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso to seize power is the Prolonged People's War, which rests on one essential assumption: violence is the universal law without exception. It is the …
Terrorist Violence in Peru, Shining Path and International Protection of Human Rights
This research studies "Sendero Luminoso" from its name, origin, evolution, plans, ideological and political foundation, modus operandi, civil associations working against it, and its relationship to international and domestic provisions …
Mao on the Other Shore
The entrenchment of the Shining Path message is not something that can be explained by ideology alone. The question is "to know when and why human beings kill and torture …
Dangerous Relationships
Interview with political scientist David Scott Palmer, who wrote "Shining Path of Peru". He is a professor of Political Science at Boston University, has worked at the U.S. State Department, …
Shining Path: A Case of Narco-Terrorism?
This work has two objectives: the first is to show how the Peruvian State was able to defeat an insurgent movement with the characteristics of Sendero Luminoso, and the second …
The Army Launches Against Shining Path
Four hundred soldiers and intelligence agents joined the pursuit in Peru today of the column of the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso that on Saturday killed nine soldiers in the central …
The Route of Terror
On September 12, 1992, Abimael Guzmán Reinoso, the supreme leader of the most bloodthirsty subversive group the country has ever seen, was captured. Now that calm has returned, the time …
The Clash Is with the MRTA but the Ghost Is Shining Path
Faced with threats by the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) to execute the 490 hostages it holds at the Japanese embassy, the Peruvian government is torn between negotiation and an …
Guzmán and Shining Path. After the Fall
If man, as Shakespeare said, is made of the stuff of dreams, there is no doubt that in Abimael Guzmán we are confronted with the product of an inordinate nightmare. …
PERUVIAN REBEL OFFERS GRIM PROPHECIES: SHINING PATH LEADER IN A RARE INTERVIEW
Abimael Guzmán, the shadowy leader of the Peruvian guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso, has broken a 10-year public silence to deliver a chillingly detailed vision of revolutionary change for this battered …
Peruvian Rebel Offers Grim Prophecy: Shining Path Leader, in Rare Interview
Abimael Guzmán, the shadowy leader of Peru's Shining Path guerrillas, has broken a 10-year public silence to deliver a chillingly detailed vision of revolutionary change for this battered South American …
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