Capture of Margie Clavo
On March 23, 1995, Margie Clavo, an important Shining Path leader and member of the Central Emergency Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured. Her arrest was part of the series of captures of the Shining Path leadership after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992.
Margie Clavo, an important Shining Path leader and member of the Central Emergency Committee of the PCP-SL, was captured on March 23, 1995. This capture took place in the context of the progressive weakening of the PCP-SL after the arrest of Abimael Guzmán in September 1992. Clavo was part of the leadership of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path and his capture represented a significant blow to the command structure of the subversive organization. The arrest occurred during the period of definitive decline of the armed actions of the PCP-SL in the city of Lima.