Murder of María Elena Moyano in Villa El Salvador
Sendero brutally murders leader María Elena Moyano
The leader of the Popular Federation of Women of Villa el Salvador and deputy mayor of the district María Elena Moyano was brutally assassinated by the Shining Path. This event shocked public opinion, marking a milestone in what until then had been the resistance to the advance and harassment of SL in the "popular camp". It was an extreme situation that revealed not only the Shining Path's viciousness but also the fragility of the social and political organizations in confronting them.