Shining Trenches of Combat
| Shining Trenches of Combat | |
|---|---|
| Luminosas Trincheras de Combate | |
Flag of the Shining Path, which the trenches similarly used. | |
| Founding leader | Abimael Guzmán |
| Dates of operation | 1980s–1990s |
| Country | Peru |
| Allegiance | Shining Path |
| Motives | Recruitment, destabilizing Peruvian prisons, gaining political leverage |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Gonzalo Thought Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism |
| Status | Dissolved |
| Opponents | Peruvian Armed Forces National Police of Peru |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | Peru United States Canada EU Japan |
The Shining Trenches of Combat (Spanish: Luminosas Trincheras de Combate) were Peruvian militant groups organized by the communist Shining Path and purposed to form support bases in prisons that held arrested PCP-SL combatants. Although significantly disruptive to the penal infrastructure, the Shining Trenches ultimately collapsed from government intervention and the general decline in the Shining Path.