Assassination of General Enrique López Albújar
The MRTA assassinated General Enrique López Albújar, former Minister of Defense, in San Isidro in January 1990. The crime occurred on the eve of the presidential elections in a context of intensifying political violence.
In January 1990, the MRTA assassinated General Enrique López Albújar in San Isidro. López Albújar was a former Peruvian Minister of Defense. This assassination occurred on the eve of the 1990 presidential elections, in a context of escalating political violence in the capital. The attack was part of a series of MRTA actions against high-ranking Peruvian government officials and authorities during the final period of Alan García's government.