Capture of Oscar Ramirez Duran (Feliciano)
Oscar Ramirez Duran, 'comrade Feliciano', leader of the PCP-SL and secretary of the Central Regional Committee, was captured by the police in the district of Cochas, Huancayo, when he was trying to withdraw from the central jungle. His capture marked the end of the Shining Path organization in the central region.
Oscar Ramirez Duran, known by the pseudonym 'comrade Feliciano', was captured by the police on July 14, 1999 in the district of Cochas, a few kilometers from the city of Huancayo. Ramirez Duran had been designated as secretary and political commander of the Central Regional Committee of the PCP-SL since the beginning of 1980. His capture marked practically the end of the Shining Path organization in the central region, since he was arrested when he was trying to withdraw from his area of operations in the central jungle due to the impossibility of continuing to operate there. This capture closed the history of the Shining Path organization in the central region.