Murder of CG Rigoberto Trigoso Daza
First assassination of a policeman by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in Lima. Civil Guard Rigoberto Trigoso Daza was killed while guarding the house of the Minister of War.
On January 5, 1981, the first assassination of a policeman by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso took place in Lima. Civil Guard Rigoberto Trigoso Daza was assassinated while guarding the house of the Minister of War. This event marked a turning point in political violence in the capital, being the first fatal attack against a member of law enforcement in Lima during the internal armed conflict. The assassination occurred in the context of the initial stage of the war declared by the Shining Path, which had begun in May 1980.