Murder of the Mayor of Tocache, Fredy Aliaga
In 1991, the mayor of Tocache, Fredy Aliaga, was assassinated along with a coca growers' leader by the Shining Path PCP. This crime occurred in the context of the subversive organization's advance in the Huallaga coca-growing area.
In 1991, the mayor of Tocache, Fredy Aliaga, was assassinated along with a coca growers' leader. This assassination occurred in the context of the advance of the Shining Path PCP in the region, where the subversive organization was forming popular committees in different towns in the provinces of Bellavista and Mariscal Caceres. The PCP-SL's strategy in the area consisted of providing security to farmers in the area where coca cultivation was expanding and guaranteeing drug traffickers a space free from law enforcement. The mayor's assassination was part of the campaign to eliminate local authorities who opposed or were obstacles to the Shining Path's territorial control in the Huallaga region.