Murder of Mayor Alfonso Tornero
Alfonso Tornero, provincial mayor of Huaytará (Huancavelica), was assassinated on January 13, 1986. This crime was part of the campaign of violence against local political authorities during the internal armed conflict.
On January 13, 1986, Alfonso Tornero, provincial mayor of Huaytará in the department of Huancavelica, was assassinated. Tornero was a militant of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), the party that at the time was in power under the presidency of Alan García Pérez. This assassination took place in the context of an intense campaign of political violence affecting local and municipal authorities throughout the country. The crime was part of the strategy of elimination of political authorities that characterized the subversive actions during this period.