Daniel Urresti: The judiciary will read the verdict in the Bustios case on April 12

He Power of attorney announces that next Wednesday, April 12, the verdict of former Interior Minister Daniel Urresti will be read as part of the trial for the murder of journalist Hugo Bustios.

The Third Provisional Liquidation Higher National Chamber for Criminal Cases decided to hold the said hearing at 16:00 after the completion of the hearings on the case.

Journalist Hugo Bustios He was killed on November 24, 1988, allegedly by members of the military base of the Peruvian army of Castropampa in Huanta (Ayacucho), who were in civilian clothes. Daniel Urresty At one of the hearings, he assured that he did not know that Hugo Bustios was engaged in journalistic activities.

The prosecutor’s office stated in its thesis that Urresti must have known about the given order to kill the journalist, and ordered the operation as the former head of the intelligence and counterintelligence department (C-2) of the counterintelligence base in Castropampa (Huanta) at the time of the execution of the facts.

This is the second trial in the same case of Daniel Urresti. On October 5, 2018, Panel B of the National Criminal Chamber acquitted him, considering that there were no grounds to prove his responsibility for the murder of Hugo Bustios.

However, in April 2019, the Interim Chamber for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal of the former parliamentarian and ordered a new trial, noting that the judges who dismissed the charge had inadequately assessed the witness and documentary evidence.

Daniel Urresti was a candidate for the municipality of Lima last year, despite a criminal case against him. However, he failed to win the election and was defeated by Rafael López Allaga.

Urresti criticizes a journalist

Daniel Urresty Last year, he had a serious incident with journalist Josefina Townsend during a municipal debate for asking her about her legal position in the Hugo Bustios case and about her candidate for deputy mayor, José Luna Morales, despite the fact that, according to in her opinion, it did not meet the previously established criteria.

The then Podemos Peru candidate called it “an ambush disguised as a question” and recalled that the day before the debate, the organizers of this public event assured that the moderators would ask clarifying questions; that is, cross-examination “on the subject that was being treated.”

“The question was about the existing green areas. An additional question was supposed to be about the same, but it was an ambush. It is clear that they are trying to create a new (Jorge) Muñoz, and this is not fair (…) JNE says they cannot control the moderators, but the moderators have clearly decided on the format,” the former minister asked.

Video published by the program Panorama showed Daniel Urresty direct reproach to the moderator Josephine Townsend at the end of the block of citizens’ questions. The general video shows that the event took place during the promotional cut of the debate and only the candidate we can pen in front of the drivers.