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
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SL
Sendero Luminoso
Shining Path
sample sentences
"Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths"