A tense moment was lived in the municipal debate when the candidate for mayor of Lima Rafael Lopez Aliaga showed a photo of the deceased journalist Hugo Bustios to criticize your opponent Daniel Uresti, who is accused of ordering the murder of the Caretas magazine correspondent in Ayacucho.
The confrontation began after the candidate of Peru Libre, Yuri Castro, asked his counterpart from Renovación Popular about one of his proposals to combat crime: “How do you plan to solve zero crime? You talk about bringing investment from abroad. How long will it take and how much money will it cost?”
Lopez Aliaga he replied that it was possible to get $1 billion of foreign investment. However, he quickly changed the subject and took a photo of Hugo Bustíos next to a cover of Caretas that showed Urresti’s face under the title Mayor or murderer?.
Despite the fact that the moderators insisted that the minute granted was to answer the question formulated by Castro, the Popular Renovation candidate continued and pointed out: “I believe that Lima does not deserve a mayor prosecuted for murder, this is an answer for you”.
Yuri Castro insisted on the question about how many years the US$ 1,000 million would be paid. Lopez Aliaga He briefly responded to the questioning indicating that he will use promotional rates so that the interest on that loan is not high and then he returned to the topic Bustíos: “This man was riddled with bullets and was later dynamited. I cry with the Bustíos family in Huanta. Who was the head of intelligence at the time? The gentleman here on the right”.
What did Urresti respond to López Aliaga’s accusation?
When it was the turn of the Renovación Popular candidate to ask his question, he consulted Daniel Urestand about what his role was in Huanta when Hugo Bustíos died.
The applicant’s response We can Peru was to remember that he denounced Lopez Aliaga for defamation due to similar accusations made in the past and mentioned that the deadline for the Prosecutor’s Office to show the evidence of his crime expires this Friday, in addition, he asked if the accusations were ratified.
López Aliaga showed the photo of the assassinated journalist Hugo Bustíos. Photo: Capture America.
