Murder of the secretary general of the Morococha union

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, as part of a strategy to stop the mining movement by eliminating its leaders. This assassination was part of a wave of paramilitary violence that also affected the secretary general of the FNTMMSP, Saúl Cantoral (assassinated on February 13), and the secretary general of the Cerro de Pasco union (assassinated on April 16).