Elena Iparraguirre

Elena Albertina Iparraguirre Revoredo (born 14 September 1947 in Ica, Peru), also known as Comrade Míriam, is a high-ranking member of the Peruvian Maoist revolutionary party Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path).

Iparraguirre, a major female figure in the Shining Path, became the second-in-command, as well as Abimael Guzmán's lover and wife after first wife Augusta la Torre's death in 1988.

Iparraguirre was captured in Lima in 1992 along with her partner, Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán. In 1992, she received a sentence of life imprisonment by a secret military tribunal.[1] She was awarded a new trial in a civilian court in 2004, but the proceeding ended as a mistrial. After a third trial in 2006, both Iparraguirre and Guzmán again received life sentences.[2]

In 2010, Iparraguirre and Guzmán were married.[3][4]

References
  1. "Retrial for Peru Shining Path rebel", BBC News, 21 November 2002
  2. "Peru Shining Path head gets life". BBC News. 14 October 2006.
  3. "Rebel leaders marry behind bars". The Independent. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Abimael Guzmán | Peruvian revolutionary". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

See also
  • List of designated terrorist organizations
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