Assassination of the governor of Cayara
On July 14, 1982, the governor of Cayara, Fajardo province, was assassinated by the PCP-SL as part of its strategy to eliminate local authorities and establish control in the rural areas of Ayacucho.
On July 14, 1982, the governor of Cayara, in the province of Fajardo, was assassinated as part of the PCP-SL's strategy to "beat the countryside" by assassinating authorities and "enemies" in general. This assassination is part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL carried out during 1982 against local authorities, merchants, miners and other villagers accused of being "informers" or enemies of the subversive organization. The assassination of the governor of Cayara was one of the multiple actions that the PCP-SL carried out in the province of Fajardo during that year, as part of its offensive to expel the police from rural areas and establish its control through the Popular Committees.