Sentier lumineux
La Torre was instrumental in helping Guzman to create the Shining Path ("Sendero Luminoso"). She led the first offensive of the Shining Path on 24 December 1980. She went into hiding with Guzman in 1978 and died in November 1988, although the circumstances of her death remain unclear. She was succeeded as number two of the Shining Path by Guzman's second wife, Elena Iparraguirre.