Murder of Mayor Jaime Centeno Jove
On June 26, 1988, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated the mayor of San Juan de Salinas, Jaime Centeno Jove, in the province of Azángaro, Puno. This crime was part of a campaign of selective assassinations against local authorities in the department.
On June 26, 1988, the mayor of San Juan de Salinas, Jaime Centeno Jove, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This crime occurred in the context of a systematic campaign of selective assassinations against local authorities in the department of Puno. San Juan de Salinas was a district in the province of Azángaro, one of the areas declared a 'red zone' by the PCP-SL in August 1985. The assassination was part of the Shining Path strategy of eliminating municipal authorities and state representatives in the highland provinces of Puno during the period of expanding violence.