Assassination of Professor Alejandro Avilés García
Professor Alejandro Avilés García was murdered in December 1981 in Sacsamarca by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, accused of being a "snitch". This crime was part of a campaign of selective violence against authorities and people considered enemies by the subversive organization.
In December 1981, in the town of Sacsamarca, Professor Alejandro Avilés García was murdered by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. He was accused of being a 'snitch', that is, of collaborating with the authorities or providing information on subversive activities. This assassination occurred in the context of sustained PCP-SL attacks against the police during 1981, when the subversive group sought to generate a 'power vacuum' in the countryside. The assassination of Professor Avilés García was part of the Shining Path strategy of eliminating those they considered enemies or collaborators of the State in the rural areas of Ayacucho.