Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
On June 2, 1990, the PCP-SL assassinated Tomás Irigoyen, manager of CITECIL, a factory that had been on strike for a month. This assassination exemplifies the Shining Path strategy of taking advantage of labor conflicts to eliminate business officials.
Tomás Irigoyen, manager of CITECIL, was murdered on October 1, 1987. The assassination occurred in the context of a strike that had been going on at the factory for a month. This crime was part of a PCP-Sendero Luminoso practice of assassinating officials as a way of resolving labor conflicts. …
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