Sendero Luminoso
a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade - Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths • Syn: Shining Path, SL • Topics: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act • Regions: Peru, Republic of Peru • Instance Hypernyms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
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