Shining Path Warns Gas Company Not to Work with Security Forces

A group of Shining Path guerrillas temporarily held over a dozen gas workers hostage in central Peru, which may have been intended to pressure the company to enter into a…

Shining Path Return to Attack Site of Mass Kidnapping

The Shining Path has launched an attack on a newly established military base in the village in central Peru where they kidnapped 36 gas workers last month, illustrating the difficulties…

Peru Ministers Resign After Shining Path Fiasco

A resurgent Shining Path and a botched military operation have cost the Ministers of Defense and the Interior their jobs, as it becomes clear that the Peruvian government needs to…

Peru Breaks Up Shining Path 'Money Laundering Ring'

Peruvian authorities have charged 19 members of the extended family of the Quispe Palomino brothers, who head the Shining Path rebel group, with laundering drug profits for the guerrillas.

Was Captured Shining Path Boss a Double Agent?

A new report sets out how, after his capture in 1999, Shining Path leader "Comrade Raul" won the confidence of the Peruvian authorities, before leading them into an ambush and…

Peruvian Journalists Have Chance Jungle Encounter with Shining Path Leader

A group of Peruvian journalists reporting from a rebel-controlled region in the wake of a mass kidnapping said they were stopped by a Shining Path commander, who took the opportunity…

Hostages Go Free, But Shining Path Shows its Strength

With the abduction of 36 gas workers in Peru, released days later under mysterious circumstances, the Shining Path’s southern faction have demonstrated that they are still a force capable of…

Guerrilla Kidnappings Put Humala in a Tight Spot

Peru's Shining Path guerrillas have released a list of ransom demands for a group of gas workers kidnapped last week, undermining President Ollanta Humala's claims that the rebel organization is…

'Shining Path' Kidnaps 30 Gas Workers in Peru

Alleged members of the Shining Path guerrilla group are holding seven gas workers hostage after kidnapping 30 in south-central Peru, suggesting that the remaining faction of the rebel organization can…

Peru's President Says Shining Path Faction is 'Totally Defeated'

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has announced that one of the two remaining factions of the Shining Path guerrilla group has been “totally defeated.”…

Peru Arrests Comrade 'Artemio's' Right Hand Man

Peruvian security forces have arrested another close associate of captured Shining Path leader "Comrade Artemio," making it appear increasingly likely that the rebel faction will splinter.

'Shining Path Seeks to Unify Rival Factions in Drug Trafficking Heartland'

A pamphlet allegedly distributed by Peruvian rebels Shining Path suggests that the group's two rival factions may unify and consolidate their operations in the heartland of the coca trade.