The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement was a leftist guerrilla organization founded in Peru in the early 1980s. The group was named after Tupac Amaru II, an 18th-century indigenous leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule. Synonyms for the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement include the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Group, the Tupac Amaru rebels, and the Tupac Amaru insurgents. The group was known for its violent tactics, including bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations, and was responsible for a number of high-profile attacks throughout Peru in the 1980s and 1990s. The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement was eventually defeated by the Peruvian government in 1997, though remnants of the group continued to operate in the years following its official disbanding.