Murder of the aprista provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado, Manuel Espinoza Monroe

Manuel Espinoza Monroe, aprista provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado in the department of Huanuco, was assassinated on June 15, 1989. This crime took place in a context of intensifying political violence in Peru, where local authorities, especially mayors, were frequent targets of subversive groups. The assassination was part of a systematic campaign against municipal authorities of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in various regions of the country. This event occurred a few days after seven soldiers of the Húsares de Junín regiment were assassinated in an attack in Lima, which triggered massive operations with more than 15,000 arrests.