Arbitrary execution of former Mayor Leonor Zamora Concha
Former mayor of Huamanga murdered for her defense of human rights and denunciations against the military
On December 21, 1991, at approximately 2:15 p.m., the former mayor of Huamanga, Leonor Zamora Concha, was murdered in broad daylight by two men as she was leaving a social gathering in the Wari Region. She was shot three times with a .38 caliber revolver, two in the head and one in the buttocks. Zamora Concha had been known for his defense of human rights, publicly denouncing the military for violations. Agent Carrión's diary details in detail the planning and execution of the assassination, identifying her as 'ex-A L.Z.C.'.