Capture of Leodoro Guevara Flores, head of the PCP-SL in Santiago de Chuco

On May 27, 1995, Leodoro Guevara Flores, who was the head of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the province of Santiago de Chuco, was captured. This capture took place in the context of a counter-subversive offensive that included enhanced police intelligence work and had achieved important blows against the Shining Path structure in the region. The arrest of Guevara Flores was part of a series of captures of important PCP-SL commanders that contributed to the definitive defeat of the subversive organization in the northern part of the country.