Elidio Espinoza | |
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| Mayor of Trujillo | |
| In office 1 January 2015 – 31 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Gloria Montenegro Figueroa |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Marcelo Jacinto |
| President of Movimiento Regional para el Desarrollo con Seguridad y Honradez | |
| In office 2014–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1955 Chepén, Peru |
| Died | 3 April 2021 (aged 65) La Esperanza, Peru |
| Party | Movimiento Regional para el Desarrollo con Seguridad y Honradez |
Elidio Espinoza (5 May 1955 – 3 April 2021) was a Peruvian politician and colonel, who served on the force of the National Police of Peru.[1]
Biography
editTo make money as a child, Espinoza worked as a street vendor before graduating from the Carlos Gutiérrez Noriega school.[2] He moved to Lima, where he studied at the Officers' School of the National Police of Peru.[3] He became leader of the Emergency Squad Trujillo[4] before joining the La Libertad Bar Association as a lawyer and earning a master's degree in research and teaching.[5] He was married to Regina Prado, with whom he had three children: Regina Paola, María Claudia and, Carlos Elidio.[6]
In 2014, Espinoza and his wife, Regina, founded the Movimiento Regional para el Desarrollo con Seguridad y Honradez party.[7] In 2014, he ran for Mayor of Trujillo as well as a seat on the Regional Government of La Libertad.[8] He was elected Mayor of Trujillo, serving from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018.[9] He also served as Vice-President of the Asociación de Municipalidades del Perú from 2015 to 2016.[10]
The legal case against Espinoza's time as a policeman began in 2007 due to the abuse of authority to alleged criminals Víctor Enríquez Lozano, Carlos Mariños Ávila, Ronald Reyes Saavedra and Marco Quispe Gonzáles in October of that year in the El Porvenir District.[11] He was acquitted on 27 December 2011,[12][13] and he won appeals on 20 April 2012, 23 July 2013,[14][15][16] 23 January 2014,[17] and 20 October 2016,[18][19][20] before its annulment on 28 August 2017.[21] On 16 September 2019, the Superior Court of Justice of La Libertad sentenced him and seven other policemen to 30 years in prison, as well as a payment of 100,000 soles to the families of those killed.[22][23] Because he was not with other officers in the Superior Court,[24] he denounced the sentence the following day in a press conference.[25] However, his sentence was suspended until his death.[26]
Elidio Espinoza died of COVID-19 in La Esperanza on 3 April 2021, at the age of 65.[27]
References
edit- ^ "La Libertad: fallece exalcalde de Trujillo Elidio Espinoza a causa de la COVID-19". RPP (in Spanish). 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Un policía es alcalde de Trujillo: Elidio Espinoza". RPP (in Spanish). 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza, el ´General del Pueblo´ frente al delito". RPP (in Spanish). 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza asume jefatura de escuadrones de emergencia en Trujillo". RPP (in Spanish). 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza Quispe, alcalde de Trujillo". RFI (in Spanish). 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Discurso de Elidio Espinoza en su juramentación como alcalde provincial de Trujillo". Enfoques (in Spanish). 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Movimiento Regional para el Desarrollo con Seguridad y Honradez". Universidad Peru (in Spanish).
- ^ "Trujillo: Elidio Espinoza inscribió oficialmente su candidatura ante JEE". RPP (in Spanish). 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza juramentó como alcalde de Trujillo". Diario Correo (in Spanish). 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Trujillo: Elidio Espinoza es virtualmente vicepresidente de la AMPE". RPP (in Spanish). 3 July 2015.
- ^ "Condenan a 30 años de cárcel a exalcalde de Trujillo Elidio Espinoza". Andina (in Spanish). 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Trujillo: Coronel acusado de dirigir "Escuadrón de la Muerte" fue absuelto". Panamericana Televisión (in Spanish). 27 September 2011.
- ^ "La PNP reivindicará al coronel absuelto por 'Escuadrón de la muerte'". El Comercio (in Spanish). 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Poder Judicial absolvió a Elidio Espinoza y nueve policías". Andina (in Spanish). 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Trujillo: Elidio Espinoza y nueve policías fueron absueltos por el Poder Judicial". El Comercio (in Spanish). 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza fue absuelto por el Poder Judicial de Trujillo". Perú21 (in Spanish). 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Trujillo: juzgado anula sentencia absolutoria de Elidio Espinoza". RPP (in Spanish). 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza absuelto por cuarta vez por 'Escuadrón de la Muerte'". RPP (in Spanish). 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza fue absuelto de caso 'Escuadrón de la Muerte'". TVPerú (in Spanish). 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza fue absuelto de caso 'Escuadrón de la Muerte'". America Noticias (in Spanish). 20 October 2016.
- ^ Aurazo, Johnny (28 August 2017). "Trujillo: Poder Judicial vuelve a anular juicio contra Elidio Espinoza". El Comercio (in Spanish).
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza: Condenan a 30 años de cárcel a exalcalde de Trujillo por el caso 'Escuadrón de la muerte'". Gestión (in Spanish). 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Proceso Penal 00295-2008-81-1601-JR-PE-01" (PDF). Corte Superior de Justicia de La Libertad (in Spanish).
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza, exalcalde de Trujillo, fue condenado a 30 años de cárcel por el caso 'Escuadrón de la muerte'". Perú21 (in Spanish). 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza: "Sentencia es una aberración y no la aceptamos"". La República (in Spanish). 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Elidio Espinoza tildó de "aberración" la condena de 30 años de prisión en su contra". RPP (in Spanish). 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Exalcalde de Trujillo, Elidio Espinoza, falleció víctima de la covid-19". Andina (in Spanish). 4 April 2021.
