Handcuffed and in a helicopter, the former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was this Thursday prisoner in Barbadillo prisonin the Lima district of Ate, where Alberto Fujimori is serving a 25-year prison sentence.
Castle is in prison accused of rebellion and criminal conspiracy or criminal conspiracy. The Public Prosecutor already opened a summary against the former Peruvian president for these allegations.
The Attorney General, the newspaper El Comercio reported this Thursday, has ordered the opening of an investigative procedure against the former head of state “for alleged crimes against the powers of the state and the constitutional order”, according to the modality of “rebellion” against the state.
At the same time, Castillo “will be investigated for the alleged crime of criminal conspiracy.
The former Peruvian president was ousted by Congress on corruption charges, after he ordered the closure of Parliament, created a “government of exception” to rule by decree and imposed a curfew. Two hours later, without any support, he was arrested and sent to prison. He was immediately succeeded by his deputy, Dina Boluarte, who this Thursday was exultant.
Castillo was arrested in an operation supervised by Attorney General Patricia Benavideswho hours earlier had already condemned the coup d’état by the former head of state, which he defined as “a violation of the constitutional order”.
Helicopter transfer and raid
After being detained for several hours in the Prefecture of Lima, Castillo was taken under heavy surveillance to a police station in the Rímac district to board a helicopter that took him to Barbadillo prison, since the prison of the police located on the Directorate of Police Special Operations (Diroes).
Castillo left the Prefecture of Lima in handcuffs.
While he was being taken to this establishment, a team of the Public Prosecutor, led by Benavides, and the State Police entered the Government Palace, as part of the preliminary investigation against Castillo for the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy.
Benavides was seen leaving government headquarters with boxes of documentation.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has also raided some ministries to collect documentation that contributes to the opening of the investigation against the former head of state.
On Castillo weighs the order of preliminary arrest, extendable for another ten days, to prevent their escape. At the time of his arrest, he was on his way to the Mexican embassy to seek asylum.
Criminal lawyer Andy Carrión explained to the Perú21 newspaper that due to the undeniable evidence, but also due to the procedures that must be followed, a sentence against the former president could be released in a year.
The intention of the prosecutor Benavides is that Castillo go through the entire criminal process in jail.
Meanwhile, they are still valid The other six cases that the former governor facesaccused of leading a criminal organization for the distribution of public works and obstruction of justice.
turbulent presidency
Castillo’s presidency has been shaky even by the standards of Peru, a country that in 2020 had three presidents in five days.
The left-leaning former rural school teacher narrowly defeated her right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori for the presidency in June 2021.
But with little political experience and facing a hostile Congress, the 53-year-old, who often attended official events wearing a wide-brimmed hat, quickly fell into the water.
Barbadillo Prison
The Barbadillo Prison where is the castle It is a prison space of approximately 10,050 m2which the former president now shares with another disgraced former president: Alberto Fujimori.
In Fujimori’s case, his “cell” is located on an 800m2 property. And it’s more like a one bedroom apartment of about 15m2, a small kitchen with shelves, its own bathroom and another small space that serves as a dining and visiting room of 20m2.
Since the investigation process for rebellion against Castillo is already under way, it is unlikely that the former president will be released.
Clarín writing with information from local agencies and media
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Source: Clarin
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