Arrest of Leonor Zamora
Leonor Zamora, mayor of Ayacucho, was definitively arrested in July 1985 on charges of embezzlement of funds and against the duties of office, according to a court order.
Leonor Zamora, mayor of Ayacucho, was arrested by court order on charges of misappropriation of funds and against the duties of office. The detention was ordered by a judge. This event occurred during the month of July 1985, in the context of the transition from the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry to that of Alan Garcia Perez. The arrest of the mayor occurred during a period of intense political violence in the Ayacucho region.