| Orlando Alejandro Borda Casafranco | |
| Birth Date: | January 11, 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Santillana District, Peru |
| Death Date: | August 11, 2013 (aged 46) |
| Death Place: | Llochegua District, Peru |
| Nickname: | Comrade Alipio |
| Allegiance: | MPCP |
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Orlando Alejandro Borda Casafranca (January 11, 1967 − August 11, 2013), who used the nom de guerre Comrade Alipio, was a Shining Path commander and one of the highest-ranking members of the Shining Path. He was killed on 11 August 2013 in a Peruvian Army operation in Llochegua.[1] [2]
| Conflict: | Operation Camaleón |
| Date: | August 11, 2013 |
| Result: | Successful operation
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| Combatant1: | Peruvian Army Peruvian Police |
| Strength1: | unknown |
| Strength2: | 3 terrorist |
| Commander1: | ? |
| Commander2: | Comrade Alipio Comrade Gabriel Comrade Alfonso |
| Casualties1: | none |
| Casualties2: | 3 killed[3] |
The Operation Camaleón was an anti-terrorist operation carried out on August 11, 2013 by the Peruvian Armed Forces and the Peruvian National Police that resulted in the death of "Comrade Alipio" (Alejandro Borda Casafranca), number two of the remnants of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path and "Comrade Gabriel" (Martín Antonio Quispe Palomino).[4]
The members of the Lobo Brigade organized themselves to wait for "Comrade Alipio".[5] On August 11, "Comrade Alipio", "Comrade Gabriel" and "Comrade Alfonso" scattered their men and entered the drug trafficker's house. At 9:30 pm an explosion was heard as the drug trafficker fled. Three charred corpses were found in the house. The bodies were recognized by some Sendero deserters.
The death of "Comrade Gabriel" and "Comrade Alipio" would bring about the restructuring of the subversive organization, which would lead to the official formation of the Militarized Communist Party of Peru and the break with Pensamiento Gonzalo.[6]