Carlo Magno Pasquel Cárdenas, who in the late 1980s was linked to alleged terrorist acts, currently works as a senior advisor to the Congressman for Popular Renewal Cheryl Trigozo and receives a monthly remuneration of S/17,000, according to a Panorama report.
According to the aforementioned program, at the end of the 80s, Pasquel Cárdenas was arrested for attacking a Democratic Party office with a Molotov cocktail. Once captured, he indicated that he sympathized with the Peruvian Communist Party Shining Path and had attended the Youth Movement Schools that, at that time, carried out activities in various classrooms of the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos.
Because of this, he was detained in prison for two years while he was investigated. After that time he was acquitted. Once released, and free of all charges, he began to assume functions in the public sector.
Within this framework, he began working as a senior advisor to Congresswoman Trigozo without mentioning his trial for an alleged supporter of the Shining Path in his statement before Congress.
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When consulted, the legislator assured that she had no knowledge of this and that she hired Pasquel Cárdenas because he was a “friend” of her family.
“(How come you hire Mr. Carlo Magno Pasquel?) Well, I have known him for many years… I only know that he is a friend of my family and he is already working here,” he told Panorama.
“(Is he your main advisor?) Yes, of course. (Aren’t you outraged by this issue? It’s a serious issue) I can’t be outraged queen,” she added.
Likewise, he indicated that he was unable to communicate with his advisor. “(Have you already contacted your advisor?) I don’t see him, he’s surely here, he’s in a distant political town. If so, it’s his past, I can’t judge him. You can’t judge anyone either, we all have the right to vindicate ourselves,” he said.
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Cheryl Trigoso and her path to Congress
At the beginning of 2021, after an arduous political campaign, the interpreter managed to obtain a seat in Congress, along with three other candidates who also achieved said victory in the same region. Among them are: Lucinda Vásquez Vela (Perú Libre), Luis Arturo Alegría García (Fuerza Popular) and Karol Ivett Paredes Fonseca (Acción Popular).
Trigoso thanked, through her social networks, all those who had given her support during this tireless campaign and accompanied her in her new political life.
“I carry them in my heart. I express my sincere gratitude to each of you, who until the last day of this great democratic electoral festival give me your unconditional support and more are joining every hour,” he wrote in his Facebook post.
Likewise, she promised that she will not disappoint all those who trust her and will be a worthy representative of her region.
