Murder of Víctor Acuña Cárdenas and others by the PCP-SL
On December 9, 1987, assassinations committed by members of the PCP-SL were identified in Peru. Among the victims was Víctor Acuña Cárdenas, parish priest and director of Caritas of Ayacucho, murdered days earlier on December 3.
On December 9, 1987, members of the PCP-SL (Shining Path) committed assassinations in Peru. The text specifically mentions that the assassins are identified as members of the PCP-SL on this date. Days earlier, on December 3, Víctor Acuña Cárdenas, parish priest of the Magdalena Parish in Huamanga (Ayacucho) and director of Caritas of Ayacucho, had been assassinated by elements of the PCP-SL. The context indicates that these murders were part of the campaign of political violence that the PCP-SL developed in the country during this period.