Assassination of former Minister Orestes Rodriguez Campos
PCP-SL assassinated former Minister Orestes Rodriguez Campos and his son in a bombing attack
Orestes Rodriguez Campos, former Minister of Labor during the APRA government, was the victim of a terrorist attack by members of the PCP-SL as he was leaving the sports field of the Ministry of Labor. The attack occurred at 7:30 pm. Three subjects intercepted the vehicle: two shot with machine guns on both sides and a third one threw an explosive charge. Orestes Rodríguez Campos received four bullets in the head and the explosion tore off his right leg and left hand. His son Oscar Rodríguez Kadota was also killed with two bullets to the head. The attack was perpetrated by Special Detachment No. 03 of the Peruvian Popular Relief.