` ` They terrorized Peru , '' ex - U.S. envoy says of Shining Path guerrillas during 1980s . Death of top rebel leaders in the 1990s seemed to signal group 's demise . Poor economic conditions , lack of justice fuel group 's re - emergence , they say . `` They terrorized Peru , '' said Alvin Adams , a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela and the State Department 's associate coordinator for counterterrorism from 1987 to 1989 . Ambush this month kills two Peruvian soldiers in latest of recent attacks .
` ` They terrorized Peru , '' ex - U.S. envoy says of Shining Path guerrillas during 1980s . Death of top rebel leaders in the 1990s seemed to signal group 's demise . Poor economic conditions , lack of justice fuel group 's re - emergence , they say . Ambush this month kills two Peruvian soldiers in latest of recent attacks .