Attack on neighborhood leader in Villa El Salvador
A neighborhood leader was shot outside his home in Villa El Salvador on February 12, 1992, as part of the Shining Path PCP's campaign of violence against neighborhood leaders opposed to their control.
On February 12, 1992, a neighborhood leader was shot at the door of his house in Villa El Salvador. This attack occurred in a context of increased violence by the Shining Path PCP in the district, where days earlier a worker and an elderly watchman had been murdered. The attack was part of a strategy of pressure and intimidation against neighborhood leaders who opposed the subversive control. Two days later, on February 14, the PCP-SL called for an armed strike, the same day that María Elena Moyano called for a March for Peace.