Defense Minister, Daniel Barraganspoke about the questions against him due to his alleged closeness to the ethnocacerist Antauro Humalawho was recently released.
After having participated in the session of the Defense Commission of Congress, the member of the ministerial cabinet acknowledged having once met with Humala Tasso when he was in prison to discuss campaign issues, however, he denied being an ethnocacerist.
“(Do you have any relationship or communication with Antauro Humala?) None and I want to tell all of you that I am not an ethnocacerist. I have only seen Mr. Antauro Humala once, I am not his friend. It was when he was already imprisoned, we have talked only once. Campaign themes of that year, 2018″, he expressed before the media.
“I do not follow up with the man, I do not know what he is saying, I am devoted to the job that President Pedro Castillo has given me”, he added.
At another time, the holder of the Ministry of Defence revealed that the forensic analysis, after the violation of the security of the computer platform of the Peruvian Army, has 35% progress. In that sense, he denied that there are war plans or that follow-up is being done, as was leaked.
“We are just doing the forensic analysis, we are 35% complete, there is no sensitive information so far, so we don’t have to worry about some balls that are going around saying that there are war plans, that these types of investigations or follow-ups are linked. there is none of that”, he explained.
Links with Antauro Humala
As recalled, Daniel Barragan He ran in 2021 for the vice presidency of the Republic with the Unión por el Perú (UPP) party, which, at the time, was close to the ethnocacerism of Antauro Humala.
Barragán was also a candidate for Congress in 2016 for the National Solidarity-UPP alliance, and he applied to be alderman of Lima for UPP in 2018. He was also an advisor to the UPP caucus between March 2020 and July 2021, according to with congressional records.
