The former mayor of Trujillo, Arturo Fernández Bazan He found no better way to evade the defamation sentence imposed on him by the Judiciary than to flee to Argentina, from where he still intends to run in 2026 as vice president with the Un Camino Diferente party.
However, what was not known was that the popular ‘Loco de Moche’ managed to get the government of that country to grant him refugee status. This is confirmed by a document from November 11 to which he accessed Peru21.
The Ministry of the Interior of Argentina granted Fernández Bazán a “provisional stay” until February 9, 2026 under Law 26165, General Law of Recognition and Protection of Refugees.
This benefit allows you to work, receive remuneration, study and access public services in Argentine lands. Once the term has expired, the former mayor can renew his stay before the National Directorate of Migration.
Fernández presents himself as a victim after being convicted and accuses the Trujillo justice system of being manipulated by economic and political interests linked to César Acuña, former governor of La Libertad and candidate for the Alliance for Progress.
The same candidate has used his social networks to announce that he lives in Buenos Aires and has not stopped political proselytizing. In one of his latest videos he is seen wearing a polo shirt that announces his candidacy.
The sentence in the first instance against the vacant former mayor is one year in effective prison for aggravated defamation, after calling municipal worker Julio Enrique Morillas Rodríguez a “coimero” in a broadcast on social networks.
He left through Bolivia and entered Argentina illegally
Arturo Fernández gave an interview to the Argentine newspaper El Clarín in which he insisted on his defense of being “politically persecuted.”
Along these lines, he acknowledged that he fled from Peru through the border with Bolivia, and from that country he entered Argentina “without documents and spent a few days in Catamarca.”
“In my country there is a dictatorship, there is no democracy,” said Fernández, adding that he lives in Buenos Aires with “some money” that his compatriots “send” him. “With that I can now afford to stay here,” he said.
The presidential plan of A Different Path is headed by Rosario Fernández Bazán, sister of the convicted man, and is completed by the candidate for second vice president Anita Carnero.
If the conviction is confirmed, the former mayor will not be able to run in next year’s elections.
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