Death of Heraclio Palomino Ayala

Heraclio Palomino Ayala, leader of the Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú (SUTEP), was a victim of violence on March 23, 1983 in Paras, Ayacucho. According to the record of complaints to the ILO included in the CVR report, the Civil Guard was responsible for his death. This event occurred in the context of the national strike of March 10, 1983 and is part of a series of deaths and disappearances of union leaders and workers during that period. The case of Palomino Ayala illustrates the repression faced by union leaders, particularly from SUTEP, during the first years of the internal armed conflict in Peru.