Overview
- The National University of Engineering issued an official statement confirming his death and announced a wake at Jirón Otuzco N.° 200 in the Comas district of Lima.
- Espinoza taught Probabilities and Statistics in the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with several reports noting a tenure of more than four decades.
- He gained nationwide attention after student videos spread on TikTok, highlighted by his line, “Anyone can be president of Peru, but not everyone is a UNI engineer.”
- Reactions from students and alumni mixed praise for clear, rigorous teaching with criticism of harsh language captured in class recordings.
- In a 2024 interview, he defended strong words by citing the Royal Spanish Academy’s dictionary entries, a stance that fed wider debate about tone, discipline, and teaching norms in public universities.