Edith Lagos was a Peruvian Guerrilla fighter who was a member of the party Shining Path (Spanish: Sendero Luminoso), one of the multiple Communist Parties of Peru.
She studied law at Universidad de San Martín de Porres in Lima before dropping out to join Shining Path[1][2] In 1980, Lagos escaped the Ayacucho jail after a Shining Path detachment blew a hole in the jail wall.
She spent the next two years promoting Shining Path and participating in their operations.
In 1982, Lagos was killed in Umaca, Peru, in a shootout with police and paramilitary forces.
Lago's tomb was later bombed by the Rodrigo Franco Command.