Peru’s Public Ministry launched an investigation Tuesday, 12, into seven women accused of “witchcraft” who were caught, robbed and whipped by members of surveillance “peasant patrols” in a remote village in the Andes.
The victims were released today following the intervention of Peruvian authorities, which was triggered after a video circulated on social networks that showed a woman hanging by one of her feet while being whipped to make her confess to her alleged acts, according to the deputy. witchcraft
According to local media, the women were caught by “patrol officers” on 29 June. They are between 43 and 70 years old. A man was also detained, but there is no record of him being abused.
“They were held by [supostamente] witchcraft and many people [do vilarejo] They lost their physical abilities and were going to lose their lives,” public defender Eliana Revollar told AFP.
The events took place in Chillia, a remote village of 12,000 inhabitants in the Andes, about 700 km north of Lima.
“These individuals were released after signing a document that they would not report. [os maus-tratos sofridos] and not to practice witchcraft,” he said.
The MP was also accused of witchcraft, saying on Twitter, “Seven women and a man have been released after being detained by peasant patrols in the Chillia area.”
The judiciary said it “opened an ex officio investigation into the aggravated crime against the freedom of these persons”.
This is the second complaint in a week against the “peasant patrols” formed almost half a century ago to combat cattle theft and later opposed attacks by the Shining Path Maoist guerrilla (1980-2000).
The country’s president, Pedro Castillo, a rural teacher from Cajamarca, was a member of the peasant patrols, whose actions were based on the constitutional norms on social justice in force since 1993.
The lawmaker launched another investigation last week after a television news crew complained that he had been detained and threatened by villager patrol members in Cajamarca while investigating Castillo’s family.
source: Noticias
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