Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86

Mr. Guzmán’s Maoist movement, Shining Path, killed tens of thousands in the 1980s and ’90s. He sought to bring the world to a “higher stage of Marxism.”

Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86

Mr. Guzmán’s Maoist movement, Shining Path, killed tens of thousands in the 1980s and ’90s. He sought to bring the world to a “higher stage of Marxism.”

Peru Massacre Revives Trauma of Maoist Violence Ahead of Polarized Vote

The killing, which comes weeks ahead of presidential elections, is one of the worst atrocities in Peru in decades.