sendero luminoso

(noun) a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade. Synonyms: Shining Path, Sendero Luminoso, SL. Example: "Shining path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths."