untoward that might befall him; as he emerged onto a downtown Mendoza balcony to address supporters, Carlos Washington Lencinas was shot in the heart by an unknown assailant. The nature of Lencinas' assassination, and that it remained an unsolved mystery, prompted a number of hypotheses in the subsequent decades, including speculation that he may have been killed over a love triangle, or that his assassination may have orchestrated by President Yrigoyen's Mendoza supporters. A historical inquiry concluded in 2004 found that, in fact, credible evidence existed to support the hypothesis of a political conspiracy; whether such a plot was organized by Yrigoyen's supporters, by reactionary landowners, or by others, remained indeterminable. References 1888 births 1929 deaths Argentine people of Catalan descent Argentine people of English descent People from Mendoza Province National University of Córdoba alumni 20th-century Argentine lawyers Radical Civic Union politicians Governors of Mendoza Province Assassinated Argentine politicians Deaths by firearm in Argentina Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Mendoza