Letter bomb attack against Augusto Zúñiga Paz
Human rights lawyer Augusto Zúñiga Paz suffered a letter bomb attack that amputated his left forearm. Zúñiga Paz was a sponsor of the case of disappeared student Ernesto Castillo Páez.
Augusto Zúñiga Paz, lawyer for COMISEDH and sponsor of the disappeared student Ernesto Castillo Páez, was the victim of a letter bomb attack. The explosive device amputated his left forearm. This attack took place in the context of the escalation of violence in Metropolitan Lima during the most intense period of the internal armed conflict. The attack against Zúñiga Paz is part of the strategy of selective assassinations against human rights defenders and people linked to the legal defense of victims of political violence.