Assassination of Ceferino Requis by PCP-SL
Members of the PCP-SL assassinated Ceferino Requis, secretary general of the miners' union, on April 16, 1989 in front of hundreds of delegates at a miners' workers' assembly.
On April 16, 1989, members of the PCP-SL assassinated Ceferino Requis, secretary general of the miners' union. The crime was committed in front of hundreds of delegates who were gathered in an assembly of mine workers. This assassination is part of the PCP-SL's strategy of eliminating union and social leaders who were not aligned with its political project. The event occurred in a context of intensified political violence in the country during 1989.