However, the conflict has been largely dormant in recent years, and analysts say the Shining Path is a fraction of its former size.
Among Mr Fujimori's many enemies were not just Peru's democratic opposition, but the imprisoned leaders of the Shining Path and Tupac Amaru guerrilla movements.
Last week, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala said the Shining Path had been "totally defeated" in the Alto Huallaga Valley, once one of its key regions.
But he was soon vindicated in the eyes of most Peruvians by the capture of the leader of the main rebel group, the Shining Path.
Last year, a Peruvian truth commission officially blamed the Shining Path for 54% of the deaths and disappearances that ensued during the movement's years of violent insurgency.
It came amid reports that Peru's army had launched an operation to remove some 300 Shining Path rebels who work closely with cocaine traffickers in the region.
Indeed, the lengths to which Mr de Soto went in Peru to help make coca-growing farmers of the Amazon feel included enough to reject the Shining Path were extremely culturally specific.
President Garcia has been sending soldiers to the country's coca-rich regions since August in an effort to destroy what is left of the Shining Path, which security officials say includes about 300 guerrillas.
The Peruvian authorities say the Shining Path are behind this latest strike and were responsible for an attack on an eradication team last week, killing one worker and injuring up to 10 police officers .
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