Canto Grande Shining Path prisoners support letters from Abimael Guzmán
Three hundred Shining Path prisoners from the Canto Grande prison in December 1993 adhered to Abimael Guzmán's letters proposing a peace agreement, in the midst of the internal division of the PCP-SL between those who supported peace and those who wanted to continue the armed struggle.
In December 1993, three hundred Shining Path prisoners held in the Canto Grande prison adhered to Abimael Guzman's letters. This event occurred in the context of the internal division of the PCP-SL, when in November 1993 Abimael Guzmán proposed a peace agreement, while the faction led by Feliciano advocated the continuation of the armed struggle through the VI Military Plan. The adhesion of these prisoners represented significant support for Guzmán's position within the prison, at a crucial moment of strategic redefinition of the subversive group after the capture of its maximum leader in September 1992.