Overview
- UNMSM sent a formal carta notarial to Congressman Jorge Montoya requiring he publicly retract his assertion that Sendero Luminoso operates in universities.
- The notice says his statements lack evidentiary support and damage the institution’s reputation, urging him to avoid remarks that undermine its prestige.
- Montoya made the claim in a media interview, urging people to “go to San Marcos” and alleging professors are threatened to take sides.
- San Marcos authorities and faculty, including dean Marcel Velázquez, condemned the comments as false and stigmatizing of the university community.
- The dispute follows Interior Minister Vicente Tiburcio’s earlier labeling of San Marcos students as the “most violent,” for which he later apologized.