In their attempts to fight for control they threatened lies to force them (the community leaders) to resign, some farmer leaders were killed when they were not willing to resign. During the period of increasing violence, communities and peasant leaders received protection from the central government, whether political or military.7 Over time, Sendero violence was directed at the police, and the communities were then terrorized by two separate entities: Senderos and the center. The center, which had come to the conclusion that the communities had sided with the Sendero, identified itself with the Sendero as new community leaders. Through this line of thinking, the police began arresting people they believed to have ties to Sendero, after being released from police custody they were very often tortured and killed by Senderos who accused them of supporting the government. This was the horror that many communities found themselves forced to live through, terrorized by a group that once claimed to have their best interests at heart and by the police who committed the same violent actions against the Indian population under the accusation of be supporters of Sendero. While it is clear that Senderos started the vicious cycle of violence, he is