Murder of César López Silva
César López Silva, national leader of the PAP, was assassinated in front of his home in Lima on January 30, 1987, in the context of the intensification of selective assassinations against political leaders.
César López Silva, national leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP), was assassinated in front of his home on January 30, 1987. This assassination took place in the context of an escalation of political violence in Metropolitan Lima, where the PCP-Sendero Luminoso intensified its actions against political leaders and civil authorities. The attack was part of a series of selective assassinations against AP leaders during this period of transition in the subversive strategy towards the encirclement of the city.