Murder of the aprista provincial mayor of Cajatambo, Felipe Vergara Ávila
Felipe Vergara Avila, aprista provincial mayor of Cajatambo (Lima), was assassinated on October 10, 1989, in the midst of a wave of violence against municipal authorities during the election campaign.
On October 10, 1989, Felipe Vergara Avila, provincial mayor of Cajatambo in the department of Lima, was assassinated. This crime took place in the context of a municipal election campaign marred by the assassinations of mayors and mayoral candidates in different parts of the country. The assassination was part of a series of attacks against local authorities during a period of political violence in Peru.