Assassination of Mayor Zenobio Huarsaya Soncco
The IU district mayor of San Juan de Salinas, Zenobio Huarsaya Soncco, was murdered in his town square by a group of eleven members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso.
Zenobio Huarsaya Soncco, district mayor of Izquierda Unida (IU) of San Juan de Salinas in the province of Azángaro, Puno, was murdered in the Plaza de Armas of his town. The crime was perpetrated by a group of members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso made up of eight men and three women. This assassination is part of the selective annihilation strategy that the PCP-SL executed against local authorities and political representatives during this period.