Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan bin tsari wanda ba sabon abu bane a tsakanin masana ilimin Latin Amurka daga manyan da manyan matsakaitan aji a wancan lokacin, Morote ya fara rungumar addini (ya zama fasto na cocin kirista na bishara) kuma daga baya Kwaminisanci. A farkon aikinsa a matsayin shugaban jami'a, Morote ya ɗauki Abimael Guzmán a matsayin farfesa a fannin falsafa a jami'ar. Guzmán ya ci gaba da zama shugaban kungiyar 'yan ta'adda, Shining Path, wanda ya nemi kawo tashin hankali na kwaminisanci a Peru bisa tsarin juyin juya halin Mao Zedong a China. Shining Path ya yi yakin basasa
Shekaru 13 na gwagwarmaya da gwamnatin Peru da kuma 'yan adawa na hagu. Osmán Morote Barrionuevo, daya daga cikin 'ya'yan Efraín Morote, ya zama mataimakin shugaban Shining Path. Sauran yaran Efraín Morote guda biyu suma sun zama membobin Shining Path.