Murder of Saúl Cantoral Huamaní
On February 13, 1989, a paramilitary group assassinated mining leader Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and social worker Consuelo García in Lima. This crime was part of the context of violence against union leaders in the mining sector.
On February 13, 1989, in Lima, a paramilitary group assassinated mining leader Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and social worker Consuelo García. This crime occurred in the context of the political violence affecting the mining sector in the central region of Peru. The murder took place during a period of intense repression against mining union leaders, who were facing threats from both subversive groups and paramilitary forces. This event is part of the chronology of political violence in the mining centers of the Central Highlands of Peru documented by the CVR.