In 2018, he was cleared of any involvement in the journalist's murder, but Peru's Supreme Court overturned the ruling and ordered a new trial, which on Wednesday led to his conviction for murder.
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Daniel Urresti: Peruvian ex-minister complicit in reporter's murder
A Peruvian ex-interior minister was complicit in the 1988 killing of Hugo Bustíos, a journalist who investigated human rights abuses, a court has found. The former minister, Daniel Urresti, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail. The court ruled that Urresti, who at the time was a military intelligence officer in the army, took part in the ambush and murder of Mr Bustíos.
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