ASSASSIN’S BULLETS
Death of President Cerro of Peru ELECTION OF SUCCESSOR (Received May 1, 7 p.m.) Lima (Peru), April 30. General Don Luis Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru since Uecembei, 1931 was assassinated soon alter ne reviewed a parade of 20,000 young men in Jorge Chavez Park. The assassin, Abelardo de Mendoza, fired several shots into President Cerro's body as the Executive party started to drive away from the park. The assassin was'slain by the Presidential guards. The attack was so sudden that elaborate precautions taken to protect the President's life were unavailing. General Oscar Benavides was tonight chosen as President. General Don Luis Sanchez Cerro was elected President of P. rti on Oeto-ier 11, 1931 Au attempt was made on Ins nm on October 25. 1931. another at Mirraflorcs on March 6, 1932.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19330502.2.63
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 184, 2 May 1933, Page 9
Word Count
134ASSASSIN’S BULLETS Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 184, 2 May 1933, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.