National Prosecutor Patricia BenavidesFormalized this Tuesday Preliminary investigation After an attempted coup against Pedro Castillo, So it is now empowered to seek detention for offenses like sedition, conspiracy etcAbuse of authority and serious disturbance of public peace.
Benavides was also indicted for the same crimes Anibal Torres, Former Adviser to the Head of Council of Ministers. Supreme Judge Juan Carlos SegliLast Wednesday, Florida accepted jurisdiction over the case, noting that Parliament had removed jurisdiction over Castillo, who was arrested in delicto.
The document formalizing the investigation indicates that, according to the new Code of Criminal Procedure, the prosecutor’s office can claim “generally restrictive rights” before the judiciary. The duration of preparatory inquiry is eight months.
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Minutes before Nation News on December 7, the Public Ministry recorded the statements of Castillo’s former ministers who claimed to have seen Torres with the ousted former president.
Castle He remains in preliminary custody at the National Unit for Special Operations (TINOS), seven days after an appeals court declared his claim unfounded as protests continued, killing six people and injuring 200 since Sunday.
Judge Cesar San Martín decided to “declare as unfounded the appeal filed by the defendant’s defense,” which requested his release before the expiration of this deadline.
The magistrate pointed out in the verdict that there was a risk of absconding Castle He tried to go to the Mexican embassy to seek asylum after being impeached by Congress.
Country teacher He was arrested last Wednesday, a failed coup and subsequently sacked by the Congress. Later, Vice President Tina Polwart immediately assumed the mandate provided for in the Constitution.
Fort and towers They called A demonstration in Droz Wednesday, December 14, the day the former president’s arrest will expire.
“I will be released tomorrow. I look forward to joining you in a big hug at Droz,” read a signed letter posted by the former president on his Twitter account.
“Tomorrow, Wednesday 12/14 at noon, our brother Pedro Castillo will be released. Guys, I invite you social organizations, “Go to Droz to get him and accompany him,” and for his part, one of his closest advisers denounced him for “obstruction of justice” and sedition.
This day, Judge Caesar San Martin Read the resolution rejecting Castillo’s appeal, so his detention expires Wednesday. Before 2:00 p.m
Thus said the judge Castle He faces 5 to 10 years in prison for the crime, and what has been proposed so far by the prosecutor’s office is “sufficient.” to be prosecuted for attempted offence rebellion or conspiracyDecember 7 after public announcement In it he announced a series of actions that were considered a self-coup.
Meanwhile, armed forces are patrolling the streets of various cities under the state of emergency along with the police. Demonstrations against Boluarte continue and many roads are blocked in 13 of the country’s 24 regions.
Meanwhile, Lima was the scene of clashes between radical protesters and police, while agricultural and indigenous unions began demanding “indefinite strikes”. General elections.
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