Peru
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Shadowy Sendero Luminoso founder Abimaei Guzman hasadcnbip slyle lhai leaves the organization poorly prepared to carry on without him.hilosophy professorrovincial university in. Guzman gathered students and other adherents into Use nucleus of the future Sendero; the brainwashing effect of his rhetoric earned ihe nicknameJB|HBBBBBBBBBBBUBBBBsaaBSBl He has twice broken with mainstream Communists who rejected his edeciic mix of Maoism and glorification of the country's Inca past, and hasult of persooality around himself. He has insisted oa strict obedience and ideological uniformity among his followers and has resisted Ihe emergence of strong subordinates who might turn into rivals. He has been willing to purge or kill any he saw at threats. The subordinates Guzman leaves behind are unaccustomed to thinking for themselves, in many cases have operated independently, and in some cases do not cveo know each other.
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PERU: Braced for Violent Reprisals
The arrest of top Sendero Luminoso leader Abimacl Guzman Saturday night almost certainly will spark reprisals by the insurgents but ma disruplthc groups planning capabilities, at least in the short
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days as Sendero tries to show viability and to minimize ihe political benefit to the regime. The guerrillas probably will mount such highly visible attacks as daytime car-bombings because they require little advance preparation and carry relatively low risk to operatives Without direction from the central committee, insurgents may feel freer to strike civilian targets in Lima at random, which would increase the risk of incidental injury to US citizens. The arrests may disrupt the insurgents' highly centralized planningational campaign of terror before the laic November congressional election.
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