Peruvian coup leader released early

Humala served a 19-year prison sentence for trying to force the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo in 2005. Humala and his men, about 160 soldiers in reserve, then took hostages at a police station in the small town of Adahuaylas. Six people were killed, four of them police officers.

– We all feel proud of what we did in Andahuailas, Anturo Humala said after his release.

Humala, brother of former President Ollanta Humala, is the leader of a Peruvian nationalist movement that wants to see the descendants of the country’s indigenous people in power. His lawyer, Carmen Huidobro, says that after his release he may resume his political career.

Antoro is likely to resume his political career, and is likely to run for office.

The competing brothers

During the 2021 election campaign, the incumbent leftist President Pedro Castillo proposed a pardon for Humala, but since coming to power he has not spoken about it again.

Brothers Antoro and Olanta Humala have long been political rivals, but together in 2000 they led a failed coup to demand the resignation of then-President Alberto Fujimori.

Fujimori was later forced to resign after major corruption was exposed.

Ollanta Humala was later elected president and held the position from 2011 to 2016. He has since been investigated, like many previous presidents in Peru, for corruption during his time in power.