"The former Minister of the Interior and retired general of the Peruvian Army Daniel Urresti was sentenced this Thursday [April 13] to 12 years in prison as 'co-perpetrator' of the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos. As determined by the Judiciary, Bustíos was attacked by a military patrol dressed in civilian clothes in the region of Ayacucho, in 1988.
Convicting Daniel Urresti as co-perpetrator of the crime against body and health in the modality of murder with the aggravated circumstance of premeditation,' read the sentence, issued early this morning by the Third National Superior Criminal Court, composed of judges Juan Carlos Santillán, Francisco Mendoza Ayma and Máximo Maguiña Castro.
After issuing the 12-year prison term, the court ordered Urresti's internment in the prison of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE, by its Spanish acronym). The prosecutor showed his conformity with the decision of the criminal chamber, while Urresti's defense announced that it will file an appeal for annulment within the term established by law."
