Assassination of Mayor Luis Llanos de la Mata
Luis Llanos de la Mata, mayor of San Rafael-Ambo in Huánuco, was assassinated in February 1987. The crime occurred in the context of political violence affecting local authorities in Peru.
Luis Llanos de la Mata, mayor of the district of San Rafael in the province of Ambo, department of Huanuco, was assassinated in February 1987. The event occurred in a context of intensifying political violence in Peru, where local authorities were frequent targets of subversive groups. This assassination is part of a series of selective attacks against municipal and political authorities that took place during that period.