Good question. His family was involved in forcing the indigenous president out of office and putting him in jail. He was accepted as a representative of the white Peruvians. The indigenous president was Pedro Castillo, the last elected president. The claim was Castillo tried to stage a coup, but all he tried to do was call for new elections of the congress which was stoping him from acting on his platform. Of course the CIA was involved in his removal and now Peru has a "president" who was not elected but acceptable to white Peruvians .