Murder of coca growers' leader and provincial mayor Tito Jaime
Murder of Tito Jaime, coca growers' leader and provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado, Huanuco, on April 17, 1984 in a context of generalized political violence.
On April 17, 1984, Tito Jaime, who was a coca growers' leader and provincial mayor of Leoncio Prado in the department of Huanuco, was assassinated. The event occurred in a context of intense political violence in the country, during the first government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. This assassination took place in the midst of the escalation of violence affecting various regions of Peru, particularly in areas linked to coca cultivation and the presence of subversive groups.