Shining Path

The Shining Path was a communist (Maoist more specifically) rebel group in Peru. They were a highly predatory non-state group that preyed upon the civilian population. This link of a preview of a graphic novel is a great but graphic demonstration of the group. Making matters worse for the civilian population, the government forces that the Shining Path opposes also uses terror to crush its dissidents. So this turns the Peru Civil War into a tit for tat atrocity conflict between the government and the Shining Path. Shining Path is responsible for 45% of the atrocities, the government responsible for 50%, and the remaining 5% perpetuated by smaller rebel groups like the MRTA or the perpetrators are unknown. Like FARC of Colombia, the Shining Path has increasingly turned to the drug trade for revenue. Also like FARC, the Shining Path still exists, but it is too weak currently to be of any real threat to the government of Peru.