Murder of Fidencio Coronel
On October 18, 1988, Fidencio Coronel, a former union leader and PCP militant, was assassinated in La Oroya after opposing the metallurgical union's compliance with the national mining strike. The authorship of the crime was never clarified.
Fidencio Coronel, former union leader and militant of the Communist Party of Peru, was assassinated near his sister's home on October 18, 1988. The day before, in the assembly of the Metalworkers' Union, he had opposed his union's compliance with the second national mining strike, and in fact, the metalworkers did not comply with the strike and worked normally on the 17th. Coronel had entered into a confrontation within the union with militants of the Partido Unificado Mariateguista (PUM), who demanded that the union comply with the national strike. It was never confirmed who the perpetrators of the crime were, the assassination being attributed alternatively to the PCP-SL, the PUM or the SIN (National Intelligence Service).