The jailed leader of Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, Abimael Guzman, faces a new trial Tuesday for a 1992 bombing in Lima that killed 25 people.
Guzman, who is already serving a life sentence for human rights violations, faces terrorism and drug trafficking charges in his latest trial, set to open at 10:00 am (1500 GMT).
Shining Path waged a bloody guerrilla campaign against the Peruvian government in the 1980s and 90s.
In all, some 70,000 people were killed in a war between the army, the Maoist guerrillas and another leftist rebel group, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA).
Shining Path suffered a crippling blow when Guzman was captured in 1992, followed by a string of other top leaders.
Today, it is largely defunct, though renegade fighters are still hiding out in the jungle, where they have thrived as drug traffickers.
Guzman will stand trial at a naval base alongside his wife and one-time second-in-command, Elena Iparraguirre, as well as five other Shining Path leaders.
They are accused of ordering a truck bombing in the capital city's upscale Miraflores district on the night of July 16, 1992.
The bomb ripped through Tarata street, killing 25 and wounding more than 100.
Witness Osvaldo Cava, whose brother was killed in the attack, recalled the scene of terror.
"Everyone had some kind of wound. I saw mutilated bodies in the street, scenes that really made me think we were living through a war," he told the truth commission that investigated the conflict.
Prosecutors are seeking life sentences for the accused, plus reparations of $120,000.
One of the judge's first orders of business will be to decide whether the trial will be open to the press.
