Cablegate: Sendero Assassinates Apra Governor

R 152327Z JUL 88
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0144
INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
AMEMBASSY QUITO
USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM
USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM
DIA WASHDC
SECDEF WASHDC

C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 09331

DIA FOR IR BRANCH
DIA FOR OA-5/OS-1D/DB-6D2/JSI-4B/DB-3C1
USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD JOHN YOULE

E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PTER PGOV PE
SUBJECT: SENDERO ASSASSINATES APRA GOVERNOR

1. (U) AT LEAST T...

id: 219
date: 7/15/1988 23:27
refid: 88LIMA9331
origin: Embassy Lima
classification: CONFIDENTIAL
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R 152327Z JUL 88
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0144
INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
AMEMBASSY QUITO
USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM
USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM
DIA WASHDC
SECDEF WASHDC

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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 09331

DIA FOR IR BRANCH
DIA FOR OA-5/OS-1D/DB-6D2/JSI-4B/DB-3C1
USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD JOHN YOULE

E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PTER PGOV PE
SUBJECT: SENDERO ASSASSINATES APRA GOVERNOR

1. (U) AT LEAST TWO UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN JULY 14
SHOT AND KILLED THE GOVERNOR OF CHINCHA PROVINCE,
LOCATED IN LIMA'S NEIGHBORING ICA DEPARTMENT.
THE TERRORISTS SHOT HIM SIX TIMES IN FRONT OF
HIS HOME AND IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS WIFE. THE
53-YEAR-OLD GOVERNOR, WHO WAS ALSO A SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL, HAD EARLIER BEEN THREATENED AND
GIVEN FIVE DAYS TO RESIGN FROM THE SCHOOL.
ACCORDING TO THE LEFT-OF-CENTER DAILY, "LA VOZ,"
HIS SCHOOL DID NOT SUPPORT THE NATIONAL TEACHERS'
STRIKE. THE PRESS HAS GIVEN THE MURDER
CONSIDERABLE COVERAGE; THE PRO-SENDERO DAILY,
"EL DIARIO," IN ITS FRONT PAGE HEADLINE
ATTRIBUTED THE ATTACK TO SENDERO LUMINOSO (SL),
AND CLAIMED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST ASSASSINATION
OF AN APRA FUNCTIONARY IN THIS PART OF THE
COUNTRY.
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2. (C) COMMENT: SL MAY HAVE TARGETTED THE
GOVERNOR FOR HIS FAILURE TO SUPPORT THE
TEACHERS' STRIKE. "EL DIARIO," HOWEVER,
DID NOT MENTION HIS STANCE ON THAT ISSUE.
SENDERO REMAINS ACTIVE OUTSIDE OF LIMA, WHERE
THERE HAS BEEN A LULL IN TERRORISM SINCE THE
JUNE 12 ARREST OF THE GROUP'S SECOND-IN-COMMAND,
OSMAN MOROTE.

WATSON

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