Murder of Mayor Prudencio Sulca and two aldermen
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the provincial mayor of San Antonio de Putina, Prudencio Sulca, and two councilmen in the Calacala farm on July 17, 1991, as part of its campaign to eliminate local authorities.
On July 17, 1991, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the provincial mayor of San Antonio de Putina, Prudencio Sulca, along with two municipal councilors in the Calacala farm. This assassination was part of a systematic campaign of elimination of local authorities carried out by the Shining Path in the department of Puno during 1991. The assassinations of authorities, leaders and public officials continued during that year as part of the Shining Path's strategy to dismantle state power in rural areas.