PERU: Indigenous Leader Alberto Pizango Granted Asylum at Nicaraguan embassy

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"Peru: indigenous leader Alberto Pizango was granted asylum in Nicaragua

LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Alberto Pizango, the indigenous leader, has taken refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy in Lima, according to an announcement made by Peru's Prime Minister Yehude Simon.

Peru's Chancellor Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde confirmed the information.

Pizango, who was in the capital Lima when the violence in the city of Bagua broke out, gave a press conference on Friday, when he held President Alan Garcia responsible for the deaths and saying that it had been a “genocide”.

An arrest warrant for Pizango was issued the next day, on charges of sedition, conspiracy and rebellion, which could lead to a 45 years jail sentence.

According to Garcia Belaunde, Pizango has been granted asylum, and he might depart to Nicaragua anytime in the next hours.
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