Murder of Mayor Saúl Muñoz Menacho
The mayor of Izquierda Unida de Huancayo, Saúl Muñoz Menacho, was assassinated on July 16, 1984 as part of the Shining Path PCP's strategy to attack municipal authorities and the democratic political space.
Saúl Muñoz Menacho, mayor of Izquierda Unida (IU) of Huancayo, was assassinated on July 16, 1984. This assassination was part of a systematic campaign by the Shining Path PCP against the municipal space and political parties in the central region of the country. The attack against municipal authorities was part of the subversive strategy of destroying State structures and eliminating representatives of legal political organizations. This assassination was followed in March and April 1985 by dynamite attacks against party offices of various political parties and the Provincial Electoral Registry in the area.