Death of María Torres Urbay
María Torres Urbay, president of a peasant community in Ayacucho, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in 1989. Her death is part of the systematic campaign to eliminate social leaders during the internal armed conflict.
María Torres Urbay was president of a peasant community or association of peasants in Ayacucho. She was assassinated in 1989 during the period of political violence in Peru. Her death is part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso offensive against social leaders, particularly women leaders of grassroots organizations. The assassination of María Torres Urbay is part of the PCP-SL's strategy of eliminating leaders they did not control, seeking to dominate the territory and subjugate the population through threats and assassinations.