Murder of lawyer Hugo Luna Ballón
Attorney Hugo Luna Ballón, former legal advisor and professor at UNSCH, was murdered at his home in Huamanga on November 27, 1989, in the midst of a campaign of violence against the university community.
On November 27, 1989, attorney Hugo Luna Ballón was murdered at his home in the city of Huamanga. Luna Ballón was a former legal advisor and professor at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH). His murder occurred in the context of a wave of violence against members of the university community, perpetrated by paramilitary groups linked to military intelligence services. This crime was part of a series of selective murders against teachers, students and university workers that intensified between 1989 and 1991 in Huamanga.