(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 September 2004, journalist Juan Berrospi Meza was assaulted by Chaupimarca District Governor José Yauri Mizari. Berrospi Meza directs the “The good, the bad and the ugly in the news” (“Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo de la noticia”) programme, broadcast on Radio Altura Digital station. The incident took place in […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 September 2004, journalist Juan Berrospi Meza was assaulted by Chaupimarca District Governor José Yauri Mizari. Berrospi Meza directs the “The good, the bad and the ugly in the news” (“Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo de la noticia”) programme, broadcast on Radio Altura Digital station. The incident took place in the Pasco region, central Peru, after Berrospi Meza interviewed Pasco Subprefect Pasión Dávila Atanasio on his programme. During the programme Dávila Atanasio indicated that the governor would be dismissed from his post.
After hearing the broadcast, the governor went to the radio station and, without providing any explanation, assaulted Berrospi Meza, giving the journalist a bloody nose. After the assault, Yauri Mizari demanded that he be interviewed on air, citing his right of reply.
Berrospi Meza told Ideeleradio station that there has been a series of complaints against the governor for abuse of authority and for “not being mentally capable of fulfilling the requirements of his job.”
