Political humorist Carlos Álvarez has received death threats after the parody he made of Lilia Paredes, wife of President Pedro Castillo. Through a video, she denounced that the messages point to a clear intimidation against him and his family. “What you don’t know, Carlitos, is that these days your whole family will have a surprise”, “the keys to your apartment with a view to the future are almost in your hands”, “you’re dead”, are the messages that were sent to him reach strangers through social networks.
Given the seriousness of this situation, Álvarez approached the Lima Prefecture to formalize the respective complaint. “I am in the Prefecture requesting guarantees for my life. Unfortunately, via the Internet, on the networks, they have messed with my family, it is cowardice. I’m not afraid, but I’m not going to allow them to mess with my family either. I ask these ‘trolls’ to show their faces; I have always done political humor and they are crossing the line with threats to my family, ”he added.
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The humorist also accused that he has been a victim of adjustment and that he has identified vehicles in the vicinity of his home. Everything from her parody of the first lady through her character known as ‘Lila Paredes’.
“I have denounced adjustment because outside my house there are always cars that turn; I call Serenazgo and they fly away, ”she mentioned, after explaining that these situations take place late at night.
will continue to imitate
Despite these attempts at intimidation, the humorist indicated that he will not stop performing his imitations. Furthermore, he will include other characters from the presidential environment who have been implicated in the tax investigations. “They have messed with my family. In my family there are no ministers, congressmen or officials. They do not handle State money, we are ordinary people, ”he stressed.
For 39 years, Carlos Álvarez has been recognized for his imitations of different authorities and public figures, but it is recently his character ‘Lila Paredes’ that has aroused the wrath of the Government itself – which spoke out against it through a statement from the Ministry of Women – and its related through social networks. In an interview with Peru21, days ago, the humorist lamented the intolerance of some sectors. “We are taking dangerous steps that are going to lead us to lose our freedoms,” he commented.
