Murder of Mayor José Ramírez Cahuana
José Ramírez Cahuana, provincial mayor of La Unión in Arequipa, was assassinated on June 25, 1991. The crime occurred at the end of the PCP-SL's "red month", a period of intense violence against local authorities.
On June 25, 1991, Jose Ramirez Cahuana, provincial mayor of La Union in the department of Arequipa, was assassinated. This crime occurred during the so-called "red month of the PCP-SL", a period of intense violent activity that lasted from May 17 to June 19, 1991. The assassination was part of a systematic campaign of selective attacks against local authorities and political leaders throughout the country. This event was inscribed in the context of the III Campaign of the V Military Plan of the PCP-SL, which was being developed at that time.