Drug Trafficking, Politics and Journalism: Who Serves Whom in the Peruvian Electoral Campaign?
Disputes and scandals have tarnished the presidential elections in Peru. Most recently, accusations have surfaced of connections between drug trafficking and Congressman Joaquín Ramírez, Secretary General of Fuerza Popular, the political party under which Keiko Fujimori is running for president. On Sunday May 15, 2016, Peruvian news program Cuarto Poder broadcast a report conducted with Univisión that revealed Ramírez is being investigated by the DEA. The Congressman is being investigated for money laundering, a crime for which he is also under investigation in Peru.
In addition to those revelations, two days later newspaper La Republica and independent media Ojo Público revealed that an investigation called Operation Untouchables: The Arevalo Drug Trafficking Organization conducted by the DEA and Dirandro (Drug Enforcement Administration of the Peruvian National Police) has been ongoing since 2011. The investigation follows Miguel Arévalo Ramírez, aka ‘Eteco’, a Peruvian drug kingpin, and also involves Joaquín Ramírez.
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