What is the meaning of sendero luminoso?

noun

  • A terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade.
    • usage: "Shining Path has been responsible for 30, 000 deaths"
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