Death of Nancy Segura Haro
Nancy Segura Haro, leader of a welfare organization in Huanuco, was assassinated in 1997 by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. Her death is part of a systematic campaign of violence against leaders of popular women's organizations.
Nancy Segura Haro was a leader of a welfare organization in Huanuco who was assassinated in 1997. Her death was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive against women leaders of popular and grassroots organizations throughout the country. She was one of many women leaders working in aid organizations who were systematically targeted during the internal armed conflict. The murder of Nancy Segura Haro is part of a pattern of violence against women leaders that intensified particularly since the early 1990s.