The World - News from Feb. 6, 1986
Suspected leftist rebels assassinated a retired army intelligence officer in Lima, and Peru’s President Alan Garcia said he may declare a state of emergency in the capital in response to recent guerrilla violence. The official news agency, Andina, said that Ruben Izquierdo Martinez was shot to death by two leftist guerrillas. No group was specified, but Sendero Luminoso, a Maoist group, has been blamed for many assassinations.
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