Abimael Guzman

Philosophy professor who founded and led the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), a Maoist insurgency whose extreme violence convulsed Peru in the 1980s-90s. Captured in 1992, he died in prison in 2021.

• Lived: 1934 CE – 2021 CE
• Nationality: peruvian
• Roles: rebel_leader, ideologue

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