Assassination of Congressman Alejandro Victoria Mendoza
The Cambio 90 deputy, Alejandro Victoria Mendoza, was assassinated in Ate Vitarte, Lima, as part of the strategy of selective assassinations against political authorities during the most violent period of the internal armed conflict in the capital.
Congressman Alejandro Victoria Mendoza, a member of the Cambio 90 party, was assassinated in the district of Ate Vitarte, Lima. This crime took place in the context of an escalation of political violence in the Peruvian capital, where both the PCP-SL and the MRTA were intensifying their actions against authorities and representatives of the State. The assassination was part of a strategy of selective assassinations against political leaders and civil authorities that characterized the 1989-1992 period in Metropolitan Lima. This event occurred a few months after Alberto Fujimori won the presidential elections with 62% of the vote in April 1990.