Abimael Guzmán: Difference between revisions
imported>Oscargerardo No edit summary |
imported>Skyrum536 No edit summary |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote|The People’s War begins to sweep away the old order in order to inevitably destroy it. From the old, the new shall be born. And finally, like the pure and glorious phoenix bird, Communism will arise for all time.|Abimael Guzmán, ''We Are the Initiators'', 1980}} | {{quote|The People’s War begins to sweep away the old order in order to inevitably destroy it. From the old, the new shall be born. And finally, like the pure and glorious phoenix bird, Communism will arise for all time.|Abimael Guzmán, ''We Are the Initiators'', 1980}} | ||
'''Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso '''( | '''Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso '''(3 December 1934 - 11 September 2021), also known as "Comrade Gonzalo", was a Peruvian former professor of philosophy, founder, and leader of [[Shining Path]], a terrorist group with a Maoist ideology. | ||
He was mainly active during the last decade of the [[Cold War]], from 1980 (year of the founding of Shining Path) until his capture in 1992 by the Peruvian government. He is accused of being the main cause of Internal conflict in Peru (1980-2000), and violating human rights. Abimael is sentenced for life and incarcerated at the Callao naval base. | He was mainly active during the last decade of the [[Cold War]], from 1980 (year of the founding of Shining Path) until his capture in 1992 by the Peruvian government. He is accused of being the main cause of Internal conflict in Peru (1980-2000), and violating human rights. Abimael is sentenced for life and incarcerated at the Callao naval base. | ||
| Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
Guzmán was tried by a court of hooded military judges under provisions of articles 15 and 16 of Law 25475 adopted by Fujimori's government in May 1992 after April's constitutional crisis. The reason for this was to protect the judges' lives, as Shining Path was known for brutal retaliation against judges who convicted their members. After a three-day trial, Guzmán was sentenced to life imprisonment and incarcerated at the naval base on the island of San Lorenzo off the coast of Lima. | Guzmán was tried by a court of hooded military judges under provisions of articles 15 and 16 of Law 25475 adopted by Fujimori's government in May 1992 after April's constitutional crisis. The reason for this was to protect the judges' lives, as Shining Path was known for brutal retaliation against judges who convicted their members. After a three-day trial, Guzmán was sentenced to life imprisonment and incarcerated at the naval base on the island of San Lorenzo off the coast of Lima. | ||
Guzmán | Guzmán spent the rest of his life imprisoned in the maximum security prison of the naval base of Callao, the port of Lima. Fellow prisoners there included [[Víctor Polay]], leader of the [[MRTA|Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement]], and [[Vladimiro Montesinos]], the former head of the [[SIN|National Intelligence Service]] who supervised the construction of the prison and served under the (now also imprisoned) President [[Alberto Fujimori]]. Abimael Guzmán died in prison on September 11, 2021, a day before the 29th anniversary of his capture. | ||
[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
[[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] | [[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] | ||
| Line 54: | Line 54: | ||
[[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | [[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | ||
[[Category:Imprisoned]] | [[Category:Imprisoned]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Deceased]] | ||
[[Category:Brainwasher]] | [[Category:Brainwasher]] | ||
[[Category:Cold war villains]] | [[Category:Cold war villains]] | ||
| Line 91: | Line 91: | ||
[[Category:Anti-LGBT]] | [[Category:Anti-LGBT]] | ||
[[Category:Misogynists]] | [[Category:Misogynists]] | ||
[[Category:Deaths in prison]] | |||
[[Category:Genocidal]] | |||