January 2013 Briefs

CAPTURED SHINING PATH LEADER REFUSES TO REMAIN SILENT AT TRIAL 

The leader of the Shining Path faction in the Upper Huallaga Valley, Comrade Artemio, was captured in February 2012 after one of his comrades betrayed him and...

A Profile of Mexico’s “El Comandante Diablo” and How His Use of Atrocity-Based Propaganda Backfired

David Rosales Guzmán, alias “El Comandante Diablo” 

David Rosales Guzmán, alias “El Comandante Diablo” (the Devil Commander), was captured alive by Mexican authorities on September 1, 2012. He is accused of functioning as...

The Rebirth of FARC and the Rise of Its New Leader “Timochenko”

After Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas (a.k.a Alfonso Cano) was killed in a bombing raid in Cauca Department, southwest Colombia on November 4, 2011, the seven-member FARC...

Taking Down Mexico’s Miguel Treviño Morales: Los Zetos’ Second in Command Targeted for Character Assassination

Miguel Treviño Morales: A Founding Zeta

Miguel Treviño Morales was born on November 18, 1970 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [1] He is wanted in Mexico and the U.S. in connection with drug trafficking...

An In-Depth Portrait of Servando “La Tuta” Gómez Martínez: Co-Leader and Propagandist of Mexico’s Knights Templar Cartel

Servando “La Tuta” Gómez Martínez 

Servando Gómez Martínez, aka, “El Profe”, aka, “La Tuta” (the teacher), was born in Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico on February 6, 1966.[1] He is co-leader of Los Caballeros...

March 2012 Briefs

INTELLIGENCE LEADS ATS TO BIHAR IN SEARCH OF INDIAN MUJAHIDEEN’S YASIN BHATKAL

India’s anti-terrorism squad (ATS) picked up clues about the location of the operational leader of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), Ahmed Zarar...

Comrade Jose (Victor Quispe Palomino): Leader of Peru’s Shining Path

Comrade Jose (Victor Quispe Palomino) is the leader of 350 to 500 guerillas in the faction of the Shining Path located in the River Apurimac and River Ene Valley (VRAE) of Peru (El Comercio, December 21, 2011). The leader of...

The Shining Path’s Comrade Artemio: Leader of Peru’s Narco-Maoists

Since the capture of Abimael Guzmán, the principal leader of the Shining Path (El Sendero Luminoso-SL), 18 years ago, many in Peru believed the Maoist insurgency that had plagued Peru’s countryside since 1980 had ended...