Journalist Christopher Acosta reveals documents about César Acuña

Journalist Christopher acosta He spread documents on his social networks that prove the statements he published in his book Silver as a court, about the leader of Alliance for Progress (APP), Cesar Acuna. Acosta in this way responded to Acuña’s denials that he made on the Milagros Leiva program on Willax TV.

“I never went to the SIN. I never met (Vladimiro) Montesinos. It was a confusion. I was never investigated for going to the SIN (National Intelligence Service). They never asked me to switch to Fujimori, “argued Acuña.

But nevertheless, journalist Christopher Acosta disclosed the lists of visitors to the SIN delivered to Congress by Montesinos collaborators. Acuña appears in the relationship. In addition, Matilde Pinchi Pinchi, former personal secretary of Montesinos, testified in the same sense before the investigative commission of Congress. And he provided a list of the people who they had received money from Montesinos. Acuña Peralta, who at that time was a congressman, appears in the document.

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Acosta He also mentioned the report of the Secretary General of the University of Lima, Bárbara Farfán Fiorani, who on July 13, 2016 communicated to the Director of Documentation and University Information of Sunedu, Mariella del Barco, about the decision of the University Council on the case of César Acuña, who approved a report confirming that he could not disprove the allegations of “Plagiarism in the preparation of the thesis that will be presented to obtain the academic degree of Master in Education Administration”. For which he ordered “the withdrawal from the Library of the University of Lima of the thesis presented by César Acuña Peralta.”

Consequently, the journalist, once again, shows that the writing was not based on whimsical versions, but on documentation that reliably proves the situations that César Acuña faced, which he now tries to deny. However, he declared: “It is a lie that I plagiarized (in the thesis of the University of Lima).”

The leader of Alliance for Progress (APP) He assured that: “I was not accused of rape. I did not compromise with the family (of the alleged victim). (She) was never a student at my academy ”.

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But Christopher Acosta documented in the book information that was not the product of his imagination, such as publications from the newspaper Perú 21 during the 2016 election campaign.

In addition, he cited the lawyer Miriam Pilco, who, in statements to the Trujillo newspaper La Industria, assured that the mother of the alleged victim sought her out for legal advice because Cesar Acuna he wanted an agreement with the family. Acosta did not hide that the lawyer was an Aprista militant. So that Journalist Christopher Acosta’s purpose was informative, in no way defamatory. The facts reported by the reporter are true, published by the press, with the sources identified, something that does not fit with the alleged offending intention.

If that had been the journalist’s interest – something he has always denied – then he would not have been interested in seeking the version of César Acuña or one of his representatives. However, the former presidential candidate noted: “Acosta never called me on the phone.”

According to Acosta, he did look for César Acuña’s version before publishing Silver as a court, as he stated in the book. Photo: broadcast

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But journalist He clearly stated in the book that he did look for César Acuña’s version and that, as he refused to answer, he turned to other sources, such as his son Richard Acuña and one of his close associates, former Congressman Luis Valdez Farías.

“'(César Acuña) moves everything he wants because he pays low. He pays the judges and prosecutors, ‘she declared in an interview with Peru 21 about the power of her ex-husband. César Acuña is consulted about the passage through his son Richard Acuña, but he denies the possibility of a pronouncement from his father on the subject. “I’m surprised, I don’t think that’s true,” he says on the phone. Contacted Luis Valdez for the story that points out him directly as the person who arranges the judicial processes of his boss César Acuña, sent an email: ‘I will refrain from declaring or answering statements that are far from reality, out of respect for Mr. César Acuña and his youngest son and the lady’ ” .

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In this way, it is clear that the journalist Christopher Acosta, when he wrote the book, had a clearly informative and non-defamatory intent. Because he sought the version of the counterpart and obtained only the version of Richard Acuña, who rejected that his father would respond, and the point of view of Luis Valdez, who stated that he would not make any pronouncement.

However, Judge Raúl Jesús, in evident bias in favor of Acuña, attributed a non-existent purpose to the reporter Acosta.

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First person testimonials

Cesar Acuna maintains that Christopher Acosta’s book was based “on the sayings of third parties”, a version that is not based on the truth because the former presidential candidate himself has acknowledged that he has not read the book. Had he done so, he could have verified that several interviews are recorded.

“He never called me on the phone,” says Acuña, but the truth is that he did look for him through his son Richard Acuña and Luis Valdez, according to Acosta.