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Peruvian ex-guerrilla chief calls Shining Path founder “coward”

A former top commander of Peru’s Shining Path accused the founder and ideologue of the Maoist-inspired guerrilla-terrorist organization of cowardice and betrayal during a trial here, and called on him to promote reconciliation with his compatriots. The ex-Shining Path commander, Oscar Ramirez Durand – alias Feliciano – harshly criticized Abimael Guzman, the former philosophy professor who founded the movement, in Thursday’s trial session here. Full Story