"Something did for Peru", the phrase that Alan García wanted on his tombstone – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The former Peruvian President Alan García, who committed suicide last Wednesday when he was arrested for a bribery case, wanted a tombstone with the phrase "Something that he did for Peru," said his personal secretary, Ricardo Pinedo, who was working at the publishing memories of the former president when he decided to commit suicide.

Ricardo Pinedo Caldas, lawyer, politician and book publisher, worked for over two decades as Alan García's personal secretary. He helped him write his memoirs and was with him a few hours before making the decision to commit suicide, according to an interview published today by the Lima newspaper, La República.

"I've always worked with him. For Alan García, there were no holidays and Sundays or birthdays. He was a very hard-working person and when he had an idea in mind, he developed it until he had no more power. That's why I had to be close, connected. On Sunday, April 14, we were finishing their memories, we were at the stage of selection and corroboration of the photos, "said Pinedo.

The personal secretary of the former president did not specify the title of this memoir. "At the moment, I can not say, I hope to have the permission of the family to give me the privilege to finish it, there is nothing to write, you just need to". edit, "he said.

Alan García "recounts his childhood in Arequipa, when his father, Carlos García Ronceros, was arrested and his mother, a modest teacher, was badigned to Camaná, where she lived for many years." mother of his ancestor, who was an officer of APRA in Cusco. "

"He talks a lot about his childhood with his brother Carlos, and at age five, he just met his father when he left El Sexto prison. He reports on his life at school and college. He mentions former Foreign Minister José Antonio García Belaúnde, who was his portfolio, as well as other pbadages from his family, professional and political life. There are a lot of details, a lot of anecdotes, a lot of experience, "he added.

Pinedo said that in recent days, Alan Garcia wanted to be aware of the arrest of the former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, arrested 10 days ago and yesterday sentenced to a term of preventive detention of 36 month for laundering related to the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, a cause similar to the one he faced.

The secretary also revealed that in 2016, Gracía had decided "I did not read any newspaper, I did not watch TV and I was upset when someone gave you national information about something." I had to insist saying, "Mr. President, it's serious.". And he replied, "I do not want to defile myself with hate, I do not want to hate, they hate me."

According to the personal secretary, García did not even want to be informed of the actuality of the Lava Jato case, in which he was involved.

Whatever it is, he admitted that he was worried about the Odebrecht case. "I would lie to him if I said he was not kidding, there were meetings with his lawyers and ongoing consultations, we had a WhatsApp group and we had talked about all the news."

When asked if García had ever talked about his death, the man who accompanied Alan García as a shadow remembered that he had already told her: "If anything m 'me? was arriving someday, what I would like and I would be satisfied headstone the phrase "Something he did for Peru". "

"Three months ago, he told me to withdraw the weapons licenses that had been presented to him by the high command of the armed forces, he always told me:" A weapon saves your life, comrade, "I managed the licenses, everything was up to date," he commented in another part of the interview.

Regarding the possibility of being arrested, Pinedo said in recent days: "They think that they will stop me, they think that they will show me a vest, let's see, see".