Alfonso López Chau and the moment he called Vìctor Polay a “political fighter”

The former member of the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN) of the National Police, José Luis Gil, published yesterday on his

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The publication dates back to 1989 and in it the politician remembers his relationship with Víctor Polay Campos, the terrorist of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement whom he described as a “social fighter.” At this time, this movement had already claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks in the capital.

López Chau recognizes his friendship with the then active militant of this movement, whom he met when they met as members of the Peruvian Aprista Youth (JAP). He points out that he did not agree with their ideas and that everyone then followed their own path. He also says that he met Polay again in a restaurant while he was already a member of the MRTA.

“I think he is a man whose program I do not totally share, but I think he is not only a social fighter, but a political fighter,” the current presidential candidate wrote in part of his article.

In July 1990, and already being imprisoned for terrorism, Polay was involved in an escape from the Canto Grande prison along with 47 other emerretistas. Months later he was recaptured.

This newspaper contacted the presidential candidate by phone and via WhatsApp to confirm or deny its position on the MRTA leader published on Gil’s social network, but until the closing of the edition, López Chau did not respond.