"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemned the espionage of journalists in Peru, ordered by the authority of the Attorney General's Office with the intention of criminalizing the press, according to reports published in the local press. […] Journalist and editor with La República newspaper, César Romero, and his family, as well as columnist and director of the Sudaca website, Juan Carlos Tafur, were under investigation, video surveillance, and police monitoring between April 5 and November 23, on the orders of prosecutor Andy Rodríguez, during the tenure of suspended Attorney General Patricia Benavides Vargas, as revealed by La República.
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The President of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information, Carlos Jornet, added that ‘this is a case of abuse of power by the Attorney General who endorsed investigations against journalists for their critical editorial line.’ Jornet, from La Voz del Interior, Argentina, emphasized that ‘spying on journalists goes against inter-American jurisprudence and is a practice that unfortunately occurs in various countries in the region.’"
