On 7 April, Enrique Lazo Flores, editor of the newspaper La Región, in the southern city of Ilo, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of attacking the honor of Renato Ascuña Chavera, a regional politician. The jail sentence was later suspended. The lawsuit questioned a series of articles about Ascuña Chavera’s suspension from his post, for indiscipline and breach of duties, as well as criticism of his conduct published by the newspaper La Región.