(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 August 2006, journalist Ángel Durán León was assaulted by two armed men while he was broadcasting his radio program. The men burst into the broadcasting booth and hit him on the head with the guns’ butts, leaving him unconscious for a few minutes. According to the journalist, his attackers warned him […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 23 August 2006, journalist Ángel Durán León was assaulted by two armed men while he was broadcasting his radio program. The men burst into the broadcasting booth and hit him on the head with the guns’ butts, leaving him unconscious for a few minutes. According to the journalist, his attackers warned him to stop criticizing a candidate running for the leadership of Ancash’s regional government, César Álvarez Aguilar, or face the consequences. Durán hosts the news programme “Todas las Sangres” on the radio station Alegría in Huaraz, the capital city of the Ancash region, in northwestern Peru.
It seems that the men gave false names at the station’s reception area. Then they burst into the booth looking for the journalist. They ran away without being identified. The candidate has denied any connection with the incident.
Durán filed a complaint with the local police.
