Organisation According to NGO
Waynakuna Perú, the MPCP operates eight fronts in the
VRAEM Valley with the intent of expanding outwards. Its main fronts are those in
Ene,
Mantaro, and
Vizcatán, respectively led by Rubén Valle Rojas ("Comrade Javier"; deceased),
Jorge Quispe Palomino ("Comrade Raúl"; deceased), and
Víctor Quispe Palomino ("Comrade José"). In 2015, the group was numbered at around 60 to 80 people. The group's current leadership includes the following: •
Víctor Quispe Palomino (Comrade José): leader of the group since
Óscar Ramírez's capture in 1999. • Tarcela Loya Vílchez (Comrade Olga): part of the group's leadership, described as its "number three" in 2013. Born in
Tambobamba 1968, she joined the Shining Path while working as a teacher in
Satipo, alongside her siblings Mauro and Bacilia. In 2007, she was reportedly given a
USB drive by politician
Guillermo Bermejo, which included the group's ideological foundation and instructed her to leave for
Venezuela. Following the
deaths of Alipio and Gabriel, she rose in the leadership's ranks. and her son ("Comrade Basilio") was killed in a shootout in September of the same year. During the
2023 protests, she called for
Vladimir Putin and
Xi Jinping's assistance to overthrow president
Dina Boluarte, while calling the ousted
Pedro Castillo a traitor. •
Florabel Vargas Figueroa (Comrade Vilma): part of the group's leadership and official spokeswoman. The group's former leadership included: •
Jorge Quispe Palomino (Comrade Raúl): part of the group's leadership until his death from an undisclosed
kidney disease in 2021. •
Orlando Alejandro Borda Casafranca (Comrade Alipio): killed in a
military operation in 2013, and described as the group's "number two" at the time.
Paramilitary wing • • • • • • }} }} Under the leadership of
Víctor Quispe Palomino, the
Shining Path's paramilitary wing, known as the '''People's Guerrilla Army
(, EGP
), was reorganised as the Popular Revolutionary Army
(; ERP''') until the MPCP's formal establishment and distancing from Guzmán in June 2018, after which it has claimed the name of
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Peru (). In 2020, it was reported to have made money from selling cigarettes, clothes, candy, raffles and other methods.
Ideology The MPCP regards itself as a
communist and
Marxist–Leninist–Maoist party, though it explicitly denounces the
Gonzalo Thought ideology of the original
Shining Path. • First stage (1980–2008): known as the Agrarian Democratic People's War (), it is divided into three phases: • Phase 1: from the
Chuschi incident to the
capture of the central committee in 1992. • Phase 2: from the committee's capture in 1992 to
Óscar Ramírez's capture in 1999. • Phase 3: from Ramírez's capture in 1999 to the execution of the "Plan Excelencia 777" by the
Peruvian Armed Forces. • Second stage (2008–present): known as the "Democratic People's War of Anti-imperialist National Resistance, mainly Yankee" (), it is divided into two phases: • Phase 1: from August 30, 2008, to April 25, 2011, when the group's second plenary session was held. • Phase 2: since April 25, 2011, when the third plenary session was held in 2013. • Third stage: a planned stage known as the "People's Democratic War of National Liberation" (), where a
People's republic would be implemented in Peru. It has been compared to the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia due to its continued existence even after the collapse of its leadership. Unlike its predecessor, the MPCP claims to have abandoned its
anti-religious sentiment and
persecution, and seeks to reach an agreement through dialogue with the Peruvian government. In 2022, it proclaimed its allegiance to the
Chinese Communist Party and its leader,
Xi Jinping. ==History==