Murder of Florentina Rivera Távara
Florentina Rivera Távara, leader of the Juan Parra del Riego human settlement, was shot to death on January 31, 1992. Her death is part of the campaign of violence against social leaders in the Junín region.
On January 31, 1992, Florentina Rivera Távara, a leader of the Juan Parra del Riego human settlement, was shot to death. This assassination occurred in a context of intense violence in the Junin region, where both the Shining Path PCP and the MRTA were active. The event took place in the context of a campaign of violence against social leaders and local authorities. In March of the same year, the PCP-SL continued its campaign of terror by assassinating eight people in a high school in Huancayo.