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Terrorist group(s) Peru, in 8 editions.
The entry for Peru published Terrorist group(s) in 8 editions of 36, from 2018 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Terrorist group(s) in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- the first edition with it
- 2018
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Terrorist groups - home based” (2018 to 2019) and “Terrorist group(s)” (2020 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Terrorist groups - home based”
- Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL):
- aim(s): generate revenue by providing security for narcotics trafficking and growing coca to produce cocaine;
- historically, SL's goal has been to replace Peruvian institutions with a peasant revolutionary regime
- area(s) of operation:
- headquartered in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro River (VRAEM) region (April 2018)
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL): aim(s): generate revenue by providing security for narcotics trafficking and growing coca to produce cocaine; historically, SL's goal has been to replace Peruvian institutions with a peasant revolutionary regime
area(s) of operation: headquartered in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro River (VRAEM) region (April 2018)
Published as “Terrorist groups - home based”
- Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL):
- aim(s): generate revenue by providing security for narcotics trafficking and growing coca to produce cocaine;
- historically, SL's goal has been to replace Peruvian institutions with a peasant revolutionary regime
- area(s) of operation:
- headquartered in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro River (VRAEM) region (2018)
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL): aim(s): generate revenue by providing security for narcotics trafficking and growing coca to produce cocaine; historically, SL's goal has been to replace Peruvian institutions with a peasant revolutionary regime
area(s) of operation: headquartered in the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantaro River (VRAEM) region (April 2018) (2018)
- Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) (2019)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
Rewritten: too little of the 2019 text remains to mark the changes.
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) (2019)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
The same text in 3 editions, 2021 to 2023.
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) (2019)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T the Terrorism reference guide
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso); Tren de Aragua (TdA)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) Luminoso); Tren de Aragua (TdA)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Peru: Terrorist group(s).” The World Factbook, 2018–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/peru/terrorist-group-s.