Popular Peru Ex-minister Charged In Killing Of Journalist

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A retired army general widely seen as a possible presidential candidate has been charged with murdering a journalist during the country's conflicts 26 years ago, a prosecutor announced. Luis Landa said in interviews published Sunday by three newspapers that he is seeking a 25-year prison term for former Interior Minister Daniel Urresti based on evidence that, as local army intelligence chief at the time, he was responsible for the murder of Hugo Bustios. According to a government-backed Truth Commission, some 70,000 people died during the conflict that lasted from 1980 to 2000.

 

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