Canal N and América TV announced this Thursday that they will interrupt the programming of their television grid to issue a statement on the kidnapping of the journalists of “Fourth power” Edward Quispe and Elmer Valdiviezo from the peasant patrols in Cajamarca.
“Today at 8:00 pm we will interrupt our programming to give an important message,” both television channels communicated simultaneously through their social networks.
On the last Wednesday, July 6, the peasant rounds of the district of Chadin (Chota, Cajamarca) detained the reporters of the Sunday program, who were recording in the place. This, after the broadcast of the video in which it shows the sister-in-law of the peter castleYenifer Paredes, offering sanitation works.
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According to the journalist Edward Quispehe and his cameraman, Elmer Valdiviezo, remained detained for more than four hours after patrolmen in the area identified him as journalists from “Fourth power”. Before they were released, they were forced to read a statement denying any act of corruption in the Government of peter castle.
“It is a kidnapping of the peasant patrols. This happens when we were recording in the area, and they identify us as journalists from ‘Cuarto poder’. One of the ronderos saw the complaint we made about the Yenifer Paredes report that I had to present on the set, and he recognized me. The situation became more complicated from 4:30 in the afternoon until 8:30 at night when we were able to leave the area”, he recounted.