(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 March 2006, the editor of the daily “Expresión”, María Maguiña Calderón, and Luis Arias Lazarte, head of the investigations unit, received telephone threats due to a report published in February about irregular collections for burial benefits and incentives which benefited several union officials in the city of Huaraz, Ancash region, northwestern […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 1 March 2006, the editor of the daily “Expresión”, María Maguiña Calderón, and Luis Arias Lazarte, head of the investigations unit, received telephone threats due to a report published in February about irregular collections for burial benefits and incentives which benefited several union officials in the city of Huaraz, Ancash region, northwestern Peru.
The aggressors threatened to assault them and attack the paper’s premises. The journalists received similar threats on 23 February, only a few days after publishing the piece. They were also threatened in January, after they denounced irregularities in the purchase of goods for the Regional Health Office.
