Shining Path

In contrast, as I was watching this deep dive into self-referential reporting in Tripoli, I thought about Bill Gentile, the steely Newsweek photographer I knew in El Salvador, captured in Peru by the Shining Path, the bloodiest and most savage and anarchical guerilla group in the history of Latin America.

Phil Bronstein: Should Journalists Get Out of the News? Phil Bronstein 2011

LIMA—Peru captured alive the leader of a remnant group of the Shining Path, a Maoist-inspired insurgency that waged a bloody war against the state in the 1980s and 1990s, President Ollanta Humala said Sunday.

Peru Captures Shining Path Rebel Leader Ryan Dube 2012

Artemio, one of the top leaders of the Shining Path guerrilla group, in a camp in Peru's Upper Huallaga valley in December 2011.

Shining Path leader Artemio 'wounded during capture attempt' 2012

In contrast, as I was watching this deep dive into self-referential reporting in Tripoli, I thought about Bill Gentile, the steely Newsweek photographer I knew in El Salvador, captured in Peru by the Shining Path, the bloodiest and most savage and anarchical guerilla group in the history of Latin America.

Phil Bronstein: Should Journalists Get Out of the News? Phil Bronstein 2011

Peru captured a leader of the Shining Path, an insurgency that plagued the state in the 1980s and 1990s.

What's News: World-Wide 2012

Also added to the State Department's list was Victor Quispe Palomino, the head of a Shining Path group located in the Apurimac and Ene river valley, known as the VRAE, which is Peru's biggest coca-growing region.

Peru Captures Shining Path Rebel Leader Ryan Dube 2012

The last free leader of the Shining Path, Florindo Eleuterio Flores-Hala, known by the nom de guerre of Artemio, has been wounded in a botched capture attempt by a faction of his own fighters and Peruvian special forces, according to a high-level source in the Peruvian military.

Shining Path leader Artemio 'wounded during capture attempt' 2012

The Shining Path, which was founded and led by philosophy professor Abimael Guzman, launched a bloody insurgency against Peru in 1980.

Peru Captures Shining Path Rebel Leader Ryan Dube 2012

Artemio was the last remaining member of the Shining Path's central committee to be captured.

Peru Captures Shining Path Rebel Leader Ryan Dube 2012

Remnants of the Shining Path guerrillas in Peru ramped up production of coca leaves, cocaine's raw ingredient, to 119,000 tonnes last year.

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