Death of Marcela Quispelaya Lopez
Marcela Quispelaya Lopez, a leader of an aid organization in Junín, was assassinated in 1989, presumably by the PCP-SL. Her death is part of a systematic campaign of violence against leaders of popular women's organizations.
Marcela Quispelaya Lopez was a leader of a welfare organization in the department of Junin who was assassinated in 1989. According to CVR records, the alleged perpetrators of her death were the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path). Her case is part of the PCP-SL's offensive against leaders of popular organizations, particularly women who led grassroots organizations in various regions of the country. This murder is part of the systematic violence against women leaders that intensified at the end of the 1980s.