(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 July 2005, radio journalist Luis Alberto Ochoa Muñoz, director of “La Voz del Pueblo” programme, was the target of a murder attempt by Mario Ccama Chacón, municipal manager of the Santa Teresa district, Convención province, Cusco. The journalist was reporting on several criticisms that had been made of alleged administrative mismanagement […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 July 2005, radio journalist Luis Alberto Ochoa Muñoz, director of “La Voz del Pueblo” programme, was the target of a murder attempt by Mario Ccama Chacón, municipal manager of the Santa Teresa district, Convención province, Cusco. The journalist was reporting on several criticisms that had been made of alleged administrative mismanagement on Ccama’s part, when Ccama himself suddenly appeared at the radio station, burst into the recording cabin, took out a revolver and shot Ochoa. Fortunately, the shots missed their target, due to defective bullets.
The assailant was detained by station personnel and local residents, and transferred by police to the San Joaquín jail in Quillabamba, where he remains in custody. Quillabamba’s Second Criminal Court, presided over by Godofredo Gordillo Ramos, has ordered an investigation of Ccama for attempted homicide and illegal possession of firearms.
