Militarized Communist Party of Peru

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Militarized Communist Party of Peru
Militarizado Partido Comunista del Perú
Also known as	Remanentes de Sendero Luminoso (Remnants of the Shining Path) Sendero Luminoso en el VRAEM (Shining Path in the VRAEM) Sendero Luminoso-Proseguir (1992–2018)
Leader	Comrade José
Dates of operation	1992 (1992)–present (present)
Split from	Shining Path
Motives	To enable the creation of a global communist government through world revolution sparked by terrorism and guerrilla warfare
Active regions	VRAEM
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-capitalism Ethnic nationalism[1] Ultranationalism[1]
Major actions	Involvement in the communist insurgency in Peru through the use of: Drug trafficking Kidnapping Terrorist attacks Mass Murders and Massacres
Status	Active
Opponents	Peru, Shining Path
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The Militarized Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: Militarizado Partido Comunista del Perú, MPCP;^{[note 1]} formerly known as SL-Proseguir) is a militant group in Peru that follows Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and participates in the communist insurgency in Peru. It is considered a terrorist organization by the government of Peru. The MPCP operates primarily in the VRAEM area and is involved in the area's coca production.^[3] Comrade José has been the leader of MPCP since its creation in 2018 after its split from the declining Shining Path guerilla group.^[4]

The MPCP is considered the direct successor to the Shining Path by the government of Peru and other international entities, because most of its members splintered from the Shining Path in 1992. Ideologically, the group brands itself as a Maoist organization, although it is very different from Shining Path.^[5] The MPCP has been influenced by Andean ethnic and ultranationalist beliefs from former members of the Peruvian Armed Forces,^[6] and has moved away from the anti-religious stance of SL.^[4]

The MPCP has stated that it has severed its ties with the leader of the Shining Path, Abimael Guzmán, after its capture and subsequent to the government in 1992. However, the MPCP itself has been accused of human rights violations, including slavery of indigenous peoples,^[7] recruitment of children for use as child soldiers,^[8] and terrorist attacks against civilians and members of the Peruvian government, including the San Miguel del Ene attack on 23 May 2021, killing 18 people in the Satipo Province of Peru.

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