It has been estimated that nearly 70,000 people have died in the internal conflict in Peru that started in 1980, an ongoing conflict that is thought to have wound down by 2000. The principal actors in the war were the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) and the government of Peru.
A great many of the victims of the conflict were ordinary civilians. All of the armed actors in the war deliberately targeted and killed civilians, making the conflict more bloody than any other war in Peruvian history since the European colonization of the country. It is the third longest internal conflict in Latin America with the Colombian armed conflict being the first and the Guatemalan Civil War being the second.
Read more about Internal Conflict In Peru: National Situation Before The War, Rise of Shining Path, Outbreak of Hostilities, Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Government Response, Escalation of The War, The Administration of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) and Decline, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Low Level Resurgence (2002-present)
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