Saul Cantoral, president of the Mining Federation, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Rodrigo Franco Command, a paramilitary group. El Diario denounced this assassination as a sign of the genocide of the APRA government, although alluding mainly to the 1986 prison massacre. The miners' unions, in response …
In 1989, Saúl Cantoral, the president of the Federation of Miners, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Comando Rodrigo Franco, a paramilitary group linked to the Ministry of the Interior and the Police. The assassination was part of a broader campaign of violence against opposition leaders, which …
On February 13, 1989, the bodies of Saúl Cantoral and Consuelo García were discovered near Parque Zonal Huiracocha in Canto Grande, Peru. Both victims had been shot, with Cantoral's body showing multiple bullet wounds and García's skull severely damaged. The incident was reportedly orchestrated by Marco Puente Llanos, an officer …
On April 5, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Morococha union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary actions against mining leaders during 1989. The crime took place shortly before a second strike called for the beginning of March, …
On April 16, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Cerro de Pasco union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary attacks against leaders of the mining movement. The paramilitaries took advantage of the violence to stop the mining movement …
On May 7, 1989, in Morococha, Yauli province, Antonio Cajachagua, General Secretary of the Morococha Mine Workers Union (STMM), was assassinated by a group of hooded men. This assassination took place in the context of a series of selective executions against mining union leaders who had publicly opposed the actions …
