Edith Lagos

Last updated
Edith Lagos Saez
Born(1962-11-27)November 27, 1962
DiedSeptember 2, 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 19)
Service / branch Shining Path
Battles / wars Internal conflict in Peru

Edith Lagos was a Peruvian terrorist who was a member of the party Shining Path (Spanish : Sendero Luminoso), one of the multiple Communist Parties of Peru. Lagos was a prominent promoter of the group's agenda.

Life

Lagos was born in Ayacucho to a wealthy family. She studied law at Universidad de San Martín de Porres in Lima before dropping out to join Shining Path [1] [2]

In 1980, Lagos escaped the Ayacucho jail after a Shining Path detachment blew a hole in the jail wall. She spent the next two years promoting Shining Path and participating in their operations.

In 1982, Lagos was killed in Umaca, Peru, in a shootout with police and paramilitary forces. [3] She was buried in Ayacucho. It was estimated that up to 30,000 people attended the funeral. Lago's tomb was later bombed by the Rodrigo Franco Command. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shining Path</span> Maoist communist party in Peru

The Shining Path, self-named the Communist Party of Peru, is a far-left political party and guerrilla group in Peru, following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path to distinguish it from other communist parties in Peru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abimael Guzmán</span> Peruvian Maoist revolutionary leader (1934–2021)

Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, also known by his nom de guerreChairman Gonzalo, was a Peruvian Maoist guerrilla leader and convicted terrorist. He founded the organization Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path (PCP-SL) in 1969 and led a rebellion against the Peruvian government until his capture by authorities on 12 September 1992. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism and treason.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">María Elena Moyano</span> Peruvian community organizer and activist

María Elena Moyano Delgado was an Afro-Peruvian community organizer and feminist who was assassinated by the Shining Path. She grew up in poverty in the Villa El Salvador pueblo joven, then became involved in local activism. She was twice president of FEPOMUVES and at the time of her death was deputy mayor. Her funeral was attended by 300,000 people and resulted in a downturn in support for the Shining Path. She received the Peruvian Order of Merit posthumously.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peruvian Internal Conflict</span> Insurgency waged by armed communist groups in Peru

The Peruvian Internal Conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerilla group Shining Path and its remnants. The conflict's main phase began on 17 May 1980 and ended in December 2000. From 1982 to 1997 the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement waged its own insurgency as a Marxist–Leninist rival to the Shining Path.

Chuschi District is one of six districts of the Cangallo Province in Peru. It is known for being the site of the first attack perpetrated by the maoist terrorist organization Shining Path, initiating the Peruvian conflict.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Comrade Alipio</span> Shining Path commander

Orlando Alejandro Borda Casafranca, who used the nom de guerre Comrade Alipio, was a Shining Path commander and one of the highest-ranking members of the Shining Path. He was killed on 11 August 2013 in a Peruvian Army operation in Llochegua.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Augusta La Torre</span> Peruvian revolutionary (1946–1988)

Augusta Deyanira La Torre Carrasco, also known as Comrade Norah, was a Peruvian communist, recognized as the number two in command of Shining Path. La Torre's influence on her husband, Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán, is credited with establishing equality for women with regard to participation within the revolutionary organization, and during its militant actions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Comrade José</span> Peruvian communist militant

Comrade José is a Peruvian communist militant, leader of the Militarized Communist Party of Peru, an offshoot of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist guerrilla Shining Path. The group is present in the VRAEM region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Assault of Ayacucho prison</span>

The Assault of Ayacucho prison was an incident in the Peruvian city of Ayacucho, also known as Huamanga, on March 2, 1982. A group of 150 armed terrorists, members of the Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, staged simultaneous assaults on two local police stations before staging an assault on the prison, resulting in the release of 255 inmates. After a 5-hour battle, 16 people, including two prison guards, were dead and 12 people were wounded.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gonzalo Thought</span> Peruvian communist ideology

Gonzalo Thought, also known as Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Gonzalo Thought and Gonzaloism, is an ideological doctrine developed by Peruvian revolutionary Abimael Guzmán as an interpretation of Peruvian reality based on Marxism–Leninism–Maoism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Peru Friendship Association</span> Communist international organization

The New Peru Friendship Association is a union of series of Marxist–Leninist–Maoist organizations that support the Peruvian insurgent group Shining Path that operate in different countries. This group is in charge of collecting money and sending money clandestinely to the terrorist group. They are also in charge of spreading Abimael Guzmán's line of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism throughout the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Miguel del Ene attack</span> Terrorist attack in Peru

The San Miguel del Ene attack was a massacre on 23 May 2021 in San Miguel del Ene, a rural area in the Vizcatán del Ene District of Satipo Province in Peru, in which 18 people were killed. The massacre was most likely perpetrated by the Militarized Communist Party of Peru (MPCP), a split of the Maoist terrorist organization Shining Path. The attack occurred in the Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro (VRAEM) conflict region, where the group operates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Militarized Communist Party of Peru</span> Communist organization labeled as a terrorist group in Peru

The Militarized Communist Party of Peru is a political party and 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. Comrade José has been the leader of the MPCP since its official creation in 2018 after its final split from the declining Shining Path guerilla group.

The Chuschi ballot burning incident occurred on the night of May 17, 1980, in the Peruvian district of Chuschi in Ayacucho. It was the first attack perpetrated by the maoist terrorist organization Shining Path.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deng Xiaoping's dogs</span> Animal abuse incident in Peru perpetrated by Shining Path

Deng Xiaoping's dogs is a term used by modern Peruvian historiography to refer to a case of animal abuse perpetrated in Lima by Shining Path, a Maoist terror group, in response to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's unorthodox opening economic reform, distancing himself from the thoughts of Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">People's Aid</span> Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path legal defense organization

People's Aid was a Peruvian mass organization formed by the insurgent Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path; purposed to provide legal defense to members and associates accused by the state for crimes such as terrorism. It also provided logistical and medical support.

The Popular Intellectual Movement was an academic-based mass organization created by the Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path in 1979 as part of the party's Fourth Expanded Plenary Session, which defined the structure and duties of various legal fronts to serve recruitment of the united front.

DIRCOTE Museum is a museum located in the premises of the National Directorate against Terrorism (DIRCOTE) on Spain Avenue in the historic centre of Lima, managed by the National Police of Peru and which exhibits objects seized from the Shining Path and Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorist groups during the internal armed conflict that devastated Peru during the 1980s and 1990s.

<i>Songs of the Shining Trench of Combat</i> 1999 compilation album by Luminosas Trincheras de Combate

Songs of the Shining Trenches of Combat is a musical album containing communist songs and hymns written by members of the Communist Party of Peru. Published in 1999, it was recorded clandestinely by imprisoned members and sympathizers of the CPP between 1990 and 1992 in the Miguel Castro Castro and the Lurigancho Penitentiary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shining Path remnants</span>

The Shining Path remnants are factions derived from the armed group that split off after the peace agreement between the imprisoned Abimael Guzmán and the Peruvian State in 1993. These include the Sendero Luminoso del Alto Huallaga (disbanded), the Mantaro Rojo Base Committee and the Militarized Communist Party of Peru.

References

  1. Cragin, Kim; Daly, Sara A. (2009). Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9780275989095.
  2. "¿Quién es Edith Lagos, la senderista del video del Frente Amplio?". altavoz.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  3. Gorriti, Gustavo (2000-11-09). The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru . Univ of North Carolina Press. p.  241. ISBN   9780807866856. Edith Lagos.
  4. (DM), Victoria Guerrero. "Ciberayllu: Guerrero - El cuerpo muerto y el fetiche en Sendero Luminoso: el caso de Edith Lagos". www.andes.missouri.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2017-09-15.