Death of Victoria Rosario Domínguez Pozo
Victoria Rosario Domínguez Pozo, a leader of political organizations in Huanuco, was murdered in 1989, allegedly by the PCP-SL. Her death is part of the systematic campaign of elimination of social leaders carried out by Sendero Luminoso.
Victoria Rosario Domínguez Pozo was a leader of political organizations in Huanuco who was murdered 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 systematic offensive of the PCP-SL against social and political leaders in various regions of the country during the internal armed conflict. Victoria Rosario was one of the many women leaders assassinated in Huanuco during this period, where the PCP-SL sought to eliminate any form of popular organization it did not control.