On October 17, 1988, mining leader Alejandro Patiño Flores was shot in the head and killed in Morococha. The assassination was attributed to alleged Shining Path members of the PCP-SL. Patiño Flores had opposed the national mining strike, as had Fidencio Coronel in La Oroya, who was also murdered the …
On October 17, 1988, an indefinite national strike of mining and metallurgical workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of political violence in which the PCP-Sendero Luminoso had assassinated mining leaders who opposed the strikes, such as Fidencio Coronel in La Oroya and Alejandro Patiño Flores …
On October 17, 1988, an indefinite national strike of mining and metallurgical workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of political violence where the PCP-SL (Shining Path) had been carrying out attacks against mining infrastructure and assassinating union leaders who opposed the stoppages. On the same …
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