Assassination of the provincial mayor of Huancayo Saúl Muñoz Menacho
Members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the provincial mayor of Izquierda Unida de Huancayo, Saúl Muñoz Menacho, on July 24, 1984. The crime occurred during an escalation of terrorist violence affecting political authorities throughout the country.
On July 24, 1984, members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the provincial mayor of Huancayo, Saúl Muñoz Menacho, who belonged to Izquierda Unida (IU). This assassination occurred in the context of an escalation of violence that had begun on June 22, 1984 throughout the country. The attack was part of a systematic campaign by the PCP-SL against political and municipal authorities in various regions of Peru. This crime took place days after President Belaunde pointed out that between July 1983 and July 1984 there had been 2657 terrorist attacks with a total of 31 victims among political and municipal authorities.