Workers of the Public Ministry and of the Direction against terrorism (DirCote) arrived at the stand of Achawata editionseditorial that has published the book Revolution in the Andesof terrorism prosecuted Victor Polay Camposformer leader and founder of Tupac Amaru revolutionary movement (MRTA). The events occurred during the development of the International Lima Book Fair (Fil Lima).
The fiscal intervention occurred after the prosecutor Pablo Espinoza Vásquez It will begin a preliminary investigation against those responsible for the publication of the aforementioned book. The investigation is carried out for the alleged crime of apology for terrorism. Due to the nature of the alleged crime, the participation of the dircote in the corresponding diligence was also arranged.
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The arrival of the representatives of the Public Ministry and of the Police It occurred after the organization of the FIL Lima canceled the presentation of the book, scheduled for Tuesday, July 29 at the Auditorium José María Arguedas. The cancellation unleashed a debate on social networks among those who consider that they are undermiring freedom of expression and those who argue that the fair should not give space to condemned for crimes of terrorism.
César Coca, director of Achawata Editions, criticized the intervention of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Dircote in Stand de la Fil
In dialogue with The Republicthe director of Ediciones Achawata, César Cocasaid that the intervention of the Prosecutor’s Office and the DIRCOTE responds to a “systematic harassment” against the publisher.
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“They came to notify us about an anonymous complaint for apology for terrorism, specifically linked to the book Revolution in the Andes, of Victor Polay. As they told us, the initial order was to seize all the copies of the book. (…) The intervention was very intimidating: they were taking pictures of the book, the stand, and that generated fear in the team, especially in the workers who were there. They didn’t know how to react. We are not criminals, “he said.
Coca defended the publication and said that it does not constitute apology for terrorism: “The book is extended by the anthropologist Natalí Durandwho has been critical of this organization. His text is very clear: he doesn’t romantize anything. (…) We ourselves take care of showing the passages that disrupt these accusations. I am convinced that this complaint is going to fall, because it has neither feet nor head. Our editorial work is backed by more than 75 publications, many of them prepared with the collaboration of teachers and researchers. “Both Coca and the Coeditor of Ediciones Achawata, Magdalena Suárezthey have been summoned to declare before the dircote this August 11.
