Originally Posted by Giorgio_Xo

Dedicated police and intelligence work along with an armed civilian countryside wiped out Sendero Luminoso in Peru. The Peruvian army had fought them for 10 years previous with no success. More importantly, Sendero grew in popularity because of the violent random nature the military actions. Random civilian abuse promotes terror groups! Look at Iraq! In 1990, the Peruvian government shifted its focus... 5 years later Sendero was essentially put down.