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Peruvian Supreme Court upholds sentence against former minister in murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos

  • Source: RPP
  • August 14, 2024

“The former Minister of the Interior [of Peru], Daniel Urresti, will continue life behind bars. This Wednesday [Aug. 14], [the Transitory Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court] ratified his 12-year prison sentence for the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos.

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The Supreme Court determined that the crime 'constitutes, without the slightest doubt, a serious violation of human rights, which due to its nature (circumstances, manner and way in which the crime was committed), impacted humanity and in compliance with conventional law, we cannot stop investigating and punishing.'

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In April 2023, the former presidential candidate was sentenced to 12 years in prison for being the co-mastermind of the 1988 murder of Hugo Bustíos, correspondent of the magazine Caretas."

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