19 Journalist. He worked as Press Director General in Frecuencia Latina from March 1, 1996, until September 19, 1997. Among other functions, he managed the press area of Contrapunto, he had input into the editorial line of the channel (when Mr. Ivcher went abroad, he handled this element) and he controlled the investigation unit, which worked for the whole journalistic area of the channel, but most investigations were destined for Contrapunto. He indicated that Contrapunto was launched in 1989 and was very popular with television viewers, because it had a rating of 20 or 25 points, which was equal to “almost half the televisions that were turned on.” It had a political content, which is why there were those who wished to silence it, since, in view of its popularity, it was an obstacle for President Fujimori’s re-election plans for 2000. On September 1, 1996, Contrapunto denounced the commercial relationship between members of the Army and drug-traffickers, among them one known as “Vaticano”, by broadcasting some tapes. As a result, the armored military cars that had guarded the channel since the terrorist attack of July 5, 1992, were withdrawn and, the following day, the Peruvian Navy denied the information in a communiqué. On September 8, Contrapunto aired a special feature where they explained the significance of the fact that such communiqués, which provided evidence of corruption, had not been investigated, and it also broadcast two features on Mr. Montesinos. As of September 2, 1996, this resulted in Mr. Ivcher being harassed by Alberto Venero, Vladimiro Montesinos’s emissary, who informed him that what he had done could prejudice his investments and continued residence in Peru. In the same way, as of that date, no official guest visited the channel to be interviewed, even Ministers who had done so regularly in the past. Following the special features on Intelligence agents La Rosa and Barreto on April 6, 1997, Army helicopters began to fly over the channel and the Productos Paraíso del Perú factory, during the morning, afternoon and night and none of them bore an identification number. Also, the Venevisión channel, “triangulated” with Mr. Montesinos, offered to buy Channel 2 from Mr. Ivcher for more than US$50.000.000,00 (fifty million United States dollars). Frecuencia Latina could not be pressured, because Mr. Ivcher always paid his taxes and could not be bribed, since the channel earned profits each year; thus, the only way to remove Mr. Ivcher was through the minority shareholders. In July and August 1996, the Winter brothers held various meetings with Intelligence officers. On May 24, 1997, following an Army communiqué against Mr. Ivcher, he drafted a communiqué to be signed by the journalists. Samuel Winter, Vice President of Channel 2, asked him for a copy. The following week, the Winter brothers signed a document stating that they had no knowledge of the editorial line of the channel, which was obviously untrue. Finally, when the Winter brothers took over the channel on September 19, 1996, the editorial line of Contrapunto changed completely. He had not been harassed. d) Testimony of Julio Genaro Sotelo Casanova, former Manager of the Company, who made the arrangements for Baruch Ivcher Bronstein to obtain Peruvian nationality He began working as as Executive Manager of Productos Paraíso del Perú in October 1977; then he came to work with Channel 2 as General Manager; later, he ceased working for Mr. Ivcher.