Assassination of Alejandro Lopez

Lopez speaking at the public pact signing, moments before his assassination.

On 30 October 2022, Alejandro Lopez, the first president of the Democratic Republic of South America (DRSA), was assassinated at a public pact signing with Eurono in Lima, DRSA by Martin Garcia, a member of the group Lokinskos, variously described as a terrorist organization by many countries. Thirty minutes prior to his assassination, Garcia also entered Parliament Hall and killed all of the members of Lopez's cabinet. Euronian president Steven Hawkeye, who was standing beside Lopez, and had ducked during the fatal shot, opened fire with an AK-47 seconds after it rang out, killing Garcia. Hawkeye is also believed to have been a secondary target. The assassination of Alejandro Lopez and his cabinet prompted Eurono to temporarily occupy the area for a course of two weeks, until Lopez's successor, Laura Macedo, was elected unopposed as his replacement.

## Timeline

### Assassination of the cabinet (11:00 am, 30 October 2022)

At around 10:45 AM local time on 30 October 2022, Lopez departed from Parliament Hill in Lima to attend a public pact signing with the Republic of Eurono. About fifteen minutes after Lopez departed, Lokinskos member Martin Garcia entered the building and opened fire with an M2500, the most powerful rifle in the world. He killed all 128 people in the building within thirty seconds, before departing. Garcia took a taxi to the location of the planned public pact signing, located approximately 10 kilometres from Parliament Hall.

### Lopez and Hawkeye's arrival at the assassination site and preparations for the speech (11:10 - 11:28 am, 30 October 2022)

Lopez arrived at the public pact signing setup at 11:10, and greeted many of his supporters. Euronian president Steven Hawkeye, who had left the hotel he was staying at at around 11:03, arrived ten minutes after Lopez. The two shook hands, and went to their positions on the platform to prepare their speeches.

### Garcia's arrival at the assassination location (11:28 am, 30 October 2022)

At 11:28, Garcia arrived at the public pact signing via the taxi. At the time of his arrival, Lopez and Hawkeye were prepared to begin the public pact signing. Garcia initially remained around 200 metres away from the back of the crowd to assemble his M2500, but as Lopez began his speech, he ran close to the front to begin his shots.

### The assassination (11:30 am, 30 October 2022)

Lopez began his speech at 11:30, opening with:

> "Good morning citizens of the Democratic Republic of South America. Although this country is still relatively new to this world, I must say that we are growing at a substantial rate and now, five days after the creation of this beautiful country, we will be signing our first pact with the Republic of Eurono. They will become our very first ally, and we will-"
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Before Lopez could finish his opening, Garcia fired a single shot, believed to be intended for Hawkeye, which missed both him and Lopez. The shot startled the entire crowd, with Lopez stopping his speech to stare in horror as to what he had heard. Not knowing where Garcia was standing, Lopez appeared to have begun saying something to Hawkeye, beginning with:

> "Mr Hawkeye-"
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As Lopez begins to say something to Hawkeye, Garcia fired the second and fatal shot, which struck Lopez in the neck. Due to the power of the M2500, the bullet decapitated Lopez, killing him instantly. At the same time of the second shot, Hawkeye, who himself had survived an assassination attempt almost three weeks earlier, ducked underneath his stand to avoid being shot. Lopez's head flew and landed where Hawkeye was hiding as his lifeless body fell backwards onto the platform.

According to Hawkeye himself, he claimed that while hiding, he got an alert on his phone announcing the massacre that occurred at the Parliament Hill thirty minutes prior. Enraged, Hawkeye reappeared from under the stands wearing his AK-47 on his back, and opened fire, firing at least 100 shots from ammo and striking Garcia several times, killing him almost instantly. Upon ceasing fire, Hawkeye walked to Lopez's stand and announced:

> "Attention, DRSA citizens! Your leader and his entire cabinet has been assassinated by a member of a terrorist organization. We know that there are more members of this group out there, so until further notice, to keep the civilians safe, the DRSA will be under Euronian occupation, effective immediately."
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After Hawkeye had finished speaking, he walked back to his stand, and got his first glimpse of Lopez's decapitated head. Disgusted, he picked it up and held it up high for the crowd of 4,500 to see, stating:

> "I wouldn't even wish this upon my worst enemy. Please stay safe out there."
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### DPD's raid of Garcia's apartment (12:37 pm, 30 October 2022)

One hour after Lopez's assassination and Garcia's death, the DRSA's police department, the Democratic Police Department (DPD) raided Garcia's apartment, but did not find any clues as to why Garcia targetted and killed Lopez.

## Aftermath

Immediately following the assassination, the public pact signing was cancelled. Euronian troops began entering the country at 12:55 local time. For the period of fifteen days, Eurono occupied the Democratic Republic of South America, under the name **Euronian Occupied DRSA**, and with Hawkeye serving as the acting head of state. The occupation was planned to be temporary, and would end following the election of a replacer. Hawkeye remained in the DRSA until returning to Eurono on 4 November to celebrate vice president Stack Stackerton's birthday.

A general election was called by Hawkeye at 1:21 pm on 31 October 2022 to elect a new leader on 21 November 2022. By 2 November, one candidate, Laura Macedo, rose in the popularity charts. A second candidate, Pablo Kinsa, entered the race on 7 November 2022, but due to the popularity of Macedo, he dropped out of the race exactly one week later. Macedo was later elected unopposed as Lopez's successor the same day, and was sworn in by Hawkeye at 4:00 pm local time on 14 November 2022. Immediately following the inauguration, Euronian troops backed out of the country, with the last leaving at 5:14 pm.

On 3 December 2022, Hawkeye, Stackerton, and Euronian prime minister/King of Incognitoland Artist Incognito flew to Lima during their World Tour to sign the pact that was originally supposed to be signed by just Hawkeye and Lopez. It was publicly signed at 2:32 pm on 3 December 2022, establishing relations between the two countries. Incognito also signed another pact minutes later, which also established relations between the DRSA and Incognitoland.

## Perpetrator

**Martin Garcia** (30 October 1997 - 30 October 2022) was not publicly named by the DRSA police until 31 January 2023, more than three months after the assassination. Despite numerous searches through Garcia's apartment, it is unknown exactly why he targetted Hawkeye and Lopez and killed the latter of the two. DRSA police do believe that Garcia picked 30 October 2022 for the assassination date due to it being his 25th birthday as well as the day where Lopez and Hawkeye would be seen in public.