He was arrested on the Cusco-Puno road. He was driving a dump truck in whose hopper he had camouflaged, between sticks and plywood plates, no less than 19,096 sticks of dynamite, valued at about 150 thousand soles.
This was how he was intervened by agents of the Combata Highway Police, in the district of Tinta, province of Canchis, Edward Quiroga Vargas, instigator of several protests against important mining projects in the south of the country, and an Islamic operator who actively supported the presidential candidacy of Pedro Castillo.
The leader – who in recent months has presented himself as an ally of the government – was made available to the Second Provincial Criminal Corporate Prosecutor’s Office of Canchisbut, despite the powerful shipment of explosives that transported in 62 boxeswas released because tax requirements were not met, although it will continue to be investigated.
Quiroga is a very influential character in mining areas such as Cotabambas in Apurímac and has turned Islamism into a political platform. He proclaims himself a mine liberator.
Your organization, the study center Islamic Inkarri Islam, a fusion between the Andean cosmovision and the Muslim religion, is monitored both by international anti-terrorist agencies and by Dircote.
Last year, during the second presidential round, Quiroga described Pedro Castillo as a “brother in struggle”, to whom he gives his support.
knew that
- In 2010, Quiroga unsuccessfully ran for the Apurímac Regional Government because of the ethnocacerist movement of today’s prisoner Antauro Humala.
- Intelligence sources point out that Quiroga maintains relationships with released members of Sendero Luminoso.