1989
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Assassination of Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and Consuelo Trinidad García Martínez
Saúl Cantoral Huamaní, the Secretary General of the Federation of National Miners, Metallurgists, and Steelworkers of Peru, was assassinated alongside Consuelo Trinidad García Martínez on February 13, 1989. They were last seen alive after leaving a friend's house in the district of Breña, Lima. Cantoral had been previously threatened and …
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Assassination of Saúl Cantoral and Consuelo García
On February 13, 1989, the bodies of Saúl Cantoral and Consuelo García were discovered near Parque Zonal Huiracocha in Canto Grande, Peru. Both victims had been shot, with Cantoral's body showing multiple bullet wounds and García's skull severely damaged. The incident was reportedly orchestrated by Marco Puente Llanos, an officer …
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Assassination of Saúl Cantoral
In 1989, Saúl Cantoral, the president of the Federation of Miners, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Comando Rodrigo Franco, a paramilitary group linked to the Ministry of the Interior and the Police. The assassination was part of a broader campaign of violence against opposition leaders, which …