What is José Huerta?
[[File:José Huerta (cropped).png|thumb|200px|Huerta in April 2018]] '''José Modesto Huerta Torres''' (15 June 1948 – 24 June 2019) was a [[Peru]]vian politician. He was born in [[Arequipa]]. At the time of his death in 2019, he was [[Ministry of Defense (Peru)|Minister of Defense]] since 2018. Huerta also served in the military and rose to the rank of [[General]]. On 24 June 2019, Huerta died of a heart attack in [[Santa María de Nieva]], [[Amazonas Region|Amazonas]]. He was 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/perus-defence-minister-dies-of-heart-attack-at-71-1.1561435851706|title=Peru's defence minister dies of heart attack at 71|website=Gulf News|access-date=25 June 2019|date=26 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2019/06/24/muere-el-ministro-de-defensa-de-peru-jose-huerta-torres/|title=Muere el ministro de Defensa de Perú, José Huerta Torres|date=24 June 2019|publisher=[[CNN]]|lang=es|access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Huerta, Jose}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:Peruvian politicians]] {{Bio-stub}}