Nancy Obregón
Nancy Rufina Obregón Peralta (born 6 January 1970) is a Peruvian cocalero activist and former congresswoman who represented San Martín for the 2006–2011 term.[1]
Biography
[edit]Obregón earned a degree in parliamentary management from Ricardo Palma University. She participated in roundtables under the governments of Alberto Fujimori, Valentín Paniagua, Alejandro Toledo, and Alan García.[2]
Political career
[edit]She first ran for office in 1998 in an effort to represent Pólvora District as part of the We Are Peru party, though she was not elected. She ran for city council in Tocache in 2002 as a member of Nueva Amazonia, but lost again.[3]
In 2006, she was elected to Congress representing San Martín with the Peruvian Nationalist Party, led by Ollanta Humala.[4]
Arrest
[edit]In 2013, Obregón was questioned under suspicion of having ties with drug trafficking and the Shining Path.[5] She was subsequently arrested along with Elsa Malpartida, having been accused by the Public Ministry of coordinating with cocaleros to support the Shining Path.[6] She was sentenced for drug trafficking and financing terrorism.[7] She was imprisoned at Santa Mónica Prison,[8] but was released in 2016 for excessive detention.[9]f
References
[edit]- ^ "¿Quién es Nancy?" [Who is Nancy?]. Caretas (in Spanish). 24 April 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Nancy Rufina Obregón Peralta". Congress of the Republic of Peru (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Nancy Rufina Obregón Peralta". Infogob (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Congresistas 2006 - 2011" (PDF). Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Nancy Obregón fue detenida por "presuntos vínculos con el narcotráfico y Sendero"" [Nancy Obregón was arrested for "suspected ties with drug trafficking and the Shining Path"]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 14 July 2013. ISSN 1605-3052. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Testigo clave: 'Artemio' coordinaba con Nancy Obregón y Elsa Malpartida" [Key witness: "Artemio" coordinated with Nancy Obregón and Elsa Malpartida]. Perú21 (in Spanish). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Nancy Obregón queda presa junto a terroristas" [Nancy Obregón is imprisoned along with terrorists]. Ojo (in Spanish). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Excongresista Nancy Obregón ya está en penal de Chorrillos" [Former congresswoman Nancy Obregón is already in Chorrillos prison]. Correo (in Spanish). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Excongresista Nancy Obregón salió en libertad por exceso de carcelería" [Former congresswoman Nancy Obregón freed for excessive detention]. TV Perú (in Spanish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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