PCP-SL Division
The PCP-SL split in November 1993 when Abimael Guzman proposed a peace agreement while Feliciano decided to continue the armed struggle through the VI Military Plan. This split fragmented the subversive group into two factions with opposing strategies.
In November 1993, a fundamental division took place within the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). Abimael Guzmán, maximum leader of the PCP-SL captured in September 1992, proposed a peace agreement with the Peruvian State, marking a radical change in the group's strategy. On the other hand, Óscar Ramírez Durand, alias 'Feliciano', rejected this proposal and decided to continue the armed struggle through the VI Military Plan. This ideological and strategic division fragmented the PCP-SL into two factions: one that followed Guzmán in his peace proposal, and another that continued with armed actions under Feliciano's leadership. In December 1993, three hundred Shining Path prisoners from the Canto Grande prison signed Abimael Guzmán's letters, demonstrating the support of an important sector of the militancy for the peace proposal.