Murder of the Mayor of Cachachi in Tambería
On February 5, 1990, the mayor of the district of Cachachi, Eleuterio Roncal, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the town of Tambería Cachachi, Cajabamba province. This assassination was part of the Shining Path's strategy of systematic elimination of local authorities who resisted their political-military project or who did …