Assassination of Alejandro Huamán, president of Uchuraccay
Alejandro Huamán, president of Uchuraccay, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in late November or early December 1982 in retaliation for expelling Shining Path militants and burning a red flag of the subversive group.
Alejandro Huamán, president of the Uchuraccay community, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in late November or early December 1982. The murder was in retaliation for having led the expulsion of Shining Path militants from the community in October 1982. He was also punished for having removed and burned a red flag that the PCP-SL had placed on one of the hills during the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary on October 7. This murder was part of an escalation of violence by the PCP-SL against peasant leaders in neighboring communities, which subsequently led to the inter-communal self-defense organization.