Peruvian communist leader dies after three decades in prison

The terrorist group also slaughtered dogs and hung their lifeless bodies on lampposts throughout the capital for Lima residents to wake up to one December morning. Each dog had a sign around its neck with a slogan referring to the Chinese Communist Party, and claimed the animals were symbols of capitalism.

Peruvian communist leader dies after three decades in prison: (aged 86) Callao, Peru.

Prison officials said his health had been declining for several weeks leading up to his death and he was released from a hospital in early August. When he was sentenced in in Lima, Peru, he was paraded in front of press in a striped white and black uniform not normally used for prisoners in the country. He passed away one day before the anniversary of his capture nearly 30 years ago, when he was paraded in front of press in a striped white and black uniform not normally used in Peru.

She added that he was set to receive more medical attention but was pronounced dead in his cell around 6. Silva declined to comment further on what had killed the famed communist. Our position condemning terrorism is firm and unwavering. Only in democracy will we build a just Peru. He had a vision of Peru without money, banks, industry or foreign trade and set out to bring Mao's brand of communism to Peru through a class war he launched in - when Peru held its first democratic elections following over a decade of military dictatorship.

Guzman, pictured in , died in a maximum-security prison in the Callao naval base in Peru. The Shining Path whose leaders are pictured in sparked a conflict that resulted in the death of at least 69, Peruvians at the hands of guerillas.