Sendero Luminoso

Noun

1.

Sendero Luminoso - 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; "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths" Synonyms: Shining Path, SL

foreign terrorist organization, FTO, Peru, Republic of Peru, Shining Path, SL, terrorist group, terrorist organization