The death of Abimael Guzmán, leader of the terrorist organization Sendero Luminoso, "touches the most sensitive nerves of Peruvian society," says the former head of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission blames the Shining Path for some 32,000 deaths between 1980 and 2000 and Abimael Guzmán, arrested in 1992, was sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism and drug trafficking.
In Aristegui, Tuesta delves into what this criminal meant for Peru, drug trafficking and politics.
