Shining Path

Peru has stepped up coca eradication efforts

Colombia Overtakes Peru As World’s Top Coca Cultivator: UN

by David Gagne 17 Jul 201524 Apr 2023

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Though Peru Destroys Trafficking Airstrips, Shining Path Still Profits

by Sam Tabory 12 Jun 201524 Apr 2023

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US Blacklists Peru’s Shining Path for Drug Trafficking

by Sam Tabory 2 Jun 201524 Apr 2023

Shining Path guerrillas

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Peru’s Shining Path Allied with Colombian Drug Traffickers: Report

by David Gagne 19 May 201524 Apr 2023

Recently freed kidnapping victim Daniel Rebagliati

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Sophisticated Argentina Kidnapping Gang Allegedly Includes Fmr Shining Path Guerrillas

by Loren Riesenfeld 8 May 201524 Apr 2023

A helicopter shot down in 2009 in the VRAEM

The Metrics of War: Peru’s Guerrilla Conflict

by Esteban Valle Riestra 3 Feb 201524 Apr 2023

Alleged Peru drug trafficker Filemon Huillcayaure

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Peru Dismantles Major Precursor Chemical Trafficking Group

by Kyra Gurney 4 Nov 201424 Apr 2023

Peru's Shining Path guerrilla group

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A Glimpse into the Tactics of Peru’s Shining Path Guerrillas

by Kyra Gurney 28 Oct 201424 Apr 2023

Airstrip destroyed by Peruvian security forces

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24-Hour Turnaround to Rebuild Peru’s Narco-Airstrips

by David Gagne 14 Oct 201424 Apr 2023

Weapons seized from the Shining Path in June

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Peru’s Shining Path Rebels Video Shows New Blood, Weapons

by Jeremy McDermott 8 Sep 201424 Apr 2023

Alias "Raul" with security team. Source: Caretas

US Indicts Shining Path Rebels as Drug War Focus Shifts to Peru

by Hannah Stone 23 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

Peru has eradicated 16,000 hectares of coca in 2014 so far

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Peru On Target for Coca Eradication, But Only Where Shining Path is Absent

by Kyra Gurney 16 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

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