Peru’s former presidential candidate sentenced for journalist’s murder
by Dan Collyns in Lima from World news | The Guardian on (#6ASA7)
Daniel Urresti sent to jail for 12 years for his role in the 1988 killing of Hugo Bustios at the height of the country's civil conflict
A former Peruvian presidential candidate, Daniel Urresti, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for his role in the murder of a journalist in 1988 at the height of the country's brutal civil conflict.
A court ruled on Thursday that Urresti, then a military intelligence army officer, took part in the ambush and murder of Hugo Bustios, who was investigating human rights abuses.
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