Óscar Ramírez (terrorist)

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Óscar Ramírez
Óscar Ramírez Durand.jpg
Leader of the Shining Path
In office
September 1992 – 14 July 1999
Preceded byAbimael Guzmán
Succeeded byComrade Artemio
Personal details
Born
Óscar Ramírez Durand

(1953-03-16) 16 March 1953 (age 69)
Arequipa, Peru
Political partyShining Path
RelationsVladimiro Montesinos (cousin)

Óscar Ramírez Durán (born 16 March 1953), commonly known as Comrade Feliciano, is a Peruvian convicted terrorist and former political leader who led the Shining Path, a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist terrorist group in Peru, in the 1990s.[1]

Biography[]

Ramírez is the son of a retired Peruvian general and the second of seven brothers. Being studious from a young age and enjoying mental challenges such as chess, Ramírez was awarded the medal of academic excellence from the College of Saint Francis of Assisi in Arequipa, Peru.

Capture and imprisonment[]

Ramírez assumed control of the Shining Path after Abimael Guzmán was captured by the authorities in 1992.[2] Ramírez himself was captured in 1999[1] and sentenced to life imprisonment. He would be granted a retrial in 2004.[3]

In June 2006, Ramírez was sentenced to 24 years in prison for the crimes he committed during the internal conflict in Peru.[4] He is currently being held at the naval base in Callao.

His reduced sentence is the result of his collaboration with Peruvian authorities and enmity with Guzmán: in 2003 he described him to the Caretas magazine as a "psychopath" and stated that "He (Guzmán) was always a coward and a traitor". He went as far as declaring, before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission his renewed belief in democracy, his call for remaining subversives to lay down arms, his expectation for new civilian trials and his condolences for the victims of the conflict.[5] Caretas has also published extracts from his conversations with the former head of the Peruvian National Intelligence Service, Vladimiro Montesinos in which family links with the terrorist emerged, both being cousins.[6]

In March 2013, he testified in the trial of the recently imprisoned leader, Comrade Artemio.[7] During the audience, he apologized to the country for the crimes committed by Shining Path.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Shining Path Rebel Leader Is Captured in Peru". The Washington Post. 15 July 1999. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Shining Path's leader finally captured". The Scotsman. 15 July 1999. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Peru's Shining Path Leaders to Face Trial". Associated Press. 19 October 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2010.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Peru court hands rebel leader 24-year sentence after civilian retrial". Associated Press. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUM9HWik3qk in Spanish
  6. ^ http://www.caretas.com.pe/Main.asp?T=3082&idE=640&idS=228#.UjZuVT_8l2g[dead link]
  7. ^ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (27 March 2013). "'Feliciano' confirmó que vio cuando 'Artemio' entregó una fuerte cantidad de dinero a Abimael Guzmán | POLITICA". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. ^ "'Feliciano' pidió perdón al Perú por los crímenes de Sendero Luminoso - Política | Perú 21". peru21.pe. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013.


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