Lima mayor hopefuls tied

An Opus Dei businessman and a retired military officer accused of murdering a journalist entered a technical tie in Sunday’s run to become Lima’s next mayor, according to an exit poll carried out by the firm Ipsos for Peru’s local elections.

Rafael Lopez Aliaga, a hotel businessman who claims to practice celibacy and is known as “Porky,” a famous cartoon character, led the vote with 26.8%, the pollster said.

Retired military officer Daniel Urresti, who is on trial for allegedly participating in the murder of a media worker in 1988, has obtained 25.8% of the votes, according to the poll.