Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls

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3. It's an official US designation, used by the BBC

US designates Peru's Shining Path 'drug traffickers'

The treasury said the guerrilla group had evolved into a "criminal narco-terrorist organisation".

In a statement on Monday, it said that the Shining Path taxed the production, processing and transport of cocaine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-32973483

It reportedly established cocaine-processing plants in the Huallaga valley to fund its activities.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shining-Path

Peruvian guerrilla organization Shining Path is working closely with Colombian drug traffickers whose cocaine revenue is used to fund the leftist rebel organization, according to local media and authorities.

El Cuarto Poder, an investigative journalism program from Peru, reported that the 35-year-old guerrilla movement has proven ties to Colombian drug traffickers dubbed “Los Cafeteros.”

The ties became evident after years of investigations by anti-narcotics agents.

The Cafeteros are a group unknown in Colombia, but active in Peru where they help the Shining Path in the processing of coca to cocaine and contract killings.

https://colombiareports.com/how-colombias-drug-traffickers-work-with-perus-shining-path/

Yes, 'traffickers' is honest.