Murder of the provincial mayor of Azángaro Marcelino Pachari Roselló
Marcelino Pachari Roselló, provincial mayor of Izquierda Unida de Azángaro (Puno), was assassinated on May 19, 1985. His death was part of the context of political violence against local authorities during the Peruvian internal armed conflict.
On May 19, 1985, Marcelino Pachari Roselló, provincial mayor of Azángaro belonging to Izquierda Unida (IU), was assassinated. This crime took place in a context of intense political violence in Peru, where local authorities and mayors were frequent targets of terrorist attacks. The assassination occurred just two months after the general elections of April 1985 and a few days before Alan García Pérez assumed the presidency. This was part of a systematic campaign to eliminate local political authorities during the internal armed conflict.