Luis M. Sánchez Cerro
president of Peru
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association with Haya de la Torre
- In Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
…threw its support behind Colonel Luis M. Sánchez Cerro. After a hotly disputed election, Sánchez Cerro was inaugurated, and Haya de la Torre was jailed until Sánchez Cerro was assassinated in 1933.
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role in history of Peru
- In Peru: Peru from 1930 to 1968
Luis Sánchez Cerro overthrew Leguía, and Sánchez Cerro defeated Haya de la Torre, the APRA candidate, in the presidential elections of 1931. APRA claimed that the elections were fraudulent and instigated a campaign to discredit the regime. The threat from the left led to the emergence…
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