Assassination of Naranjillo councilman

In August 1993, the Shining Path PCP assassinated a councilman in Naranjillo, a town very close to Tingo Maria. This murder was part of a series of violent actions carried out by the Shining Path in the region during that period, which also included the murder of five soldiers in an ambush in Yanajanca in July and the destruction of tractors belonging to a private company. The attack against the councilman was part of the strategy of selective assassinations against local authorities that the PCP-SL maintained in the Huallaga area.