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February 15, 1992: Assassination of Peruvian women’s rights leader

On February 15, 1992 the Sendero Luminoso assassinated Maria Elena Moyano, an Afro-Peruvian local activist and women’s rights campaigner

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When terrorists become rulers

Bringing in (former) terrorists to run nations is generally a very bad idea: terrorist groups are not even remotely qualified to do so.

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May 20, 2007: Backpack full of dynamite explodes at Peru market

On May 20, 2007 six people were killed and about 50 injured in a blast at a market in the city of Juliaca in southern Peru

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March 2, 1982: Sendero Luminoso initiates jail break in Peru

On this day in 1982 members of the Peruvian terrorist group Sendero Luminoso attacked a police station/penal institution in the city of Ayacucho, killing two officers

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Vehicle bombing in Peru (July 16, 1992)

On this day in 1992, the Peruvian terrorist group Sendero Luminoso set off a vehicle bomb in Lima killing 25 people and wounding a further 155.