By Ingrid Bachmann
El Comercio reported that Jorge Luis Marimón Lino Montes acknowledged he brutally attacked journalist Ángel Salazar in a dance club, and he announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy for city council.
“Yes, there was aggression on my part but it was a reaction to the initial aggression on his part," the politician said, quoted by RPP.
According to Perú.com, Lino Montes wanted to avoid a controversy, and he said he would support the journalist's medical treatment.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
