Former media owner released from prison
March 26, 2008 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
A tabloid newspaper owner convicted of taking bribes from former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos to run smear campaigns against opponents of ex-president Alberto Fujimori got an early release from prison yesterday. Moisés Wolfenson was released from Lima’s San Jorge prison after Peru’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, ruled that penitentiary officials miscalculated time, served during [...]
SIE chief arrested for 1996 kidnapping and murder
March 2, 2008 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
The former head of the Army’s Intelligence Service, SIE, was arrested last Thursday for the 1996 murder of a SIE agent who was suspected of providing information to the press. Col. Carlos Edmundo Sánchez Noriega led the SIE from 1996 to 1997 and is accused of authorizing the murder of 28-year-old Mariela Barreto as part [...]
