During a press conference held in 2021 when the now resigning interior minister, Avelino Guillén, stated that in Huancavelica there were cases of threats against businessmen by alleged terrorists.
At that time, not one more authority wanted to confirm the incident, all were silent about what case it was, so they were evaluating classifying the crime of “extortive terrorism.”
The silence on this issue is over, since now, during an interview about the low budget execution during fiscal year 2021, the regional manager, Héctor Riveros Carhuapoma, gave more information about this thorny case, which attracted national and local attention. interior minister.
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The senior regional official stated in an interview with Correo that one of the problems they have in keeping their budget execution high is the non-advancement, during 2021, of the work called: “Improvement of the Salcahuasi – San Antonio – Chiquiacc Bridge crossing road – Crossing Huachocolpa – Surcubamba – Abra Vista Alegre – Tintay Punco – Puerto San Antonio route HV 101, Tayacaja – Huancavelica”.
“The work was paralyzed, being a risk area, the contractor had suffered external threats, it is an area of social conflict, they paralyzed, the contractor’s technical team resigned,” said manager Riveros Carhuapoma.
He added: “We had to enter into a dialogue, submit documents to the Ministry of the Interior, to the police region that has jurisdiction in the area to see how security could be guaranteed and provided, they resolved the contract, we happily reconciled, but it was already December . The work has been resumed with the same company”.
He also said that last week the governor had a meeting with the Minister of the Interior so that they can see the scope so that they can provide security to the team of professional contractors.
