He Supreme Court of Preparatory Investigation granted this Friday an appeal in favor of the former president Pedro Castillo against a resolution that declared unfounded the previous question raised by his legal defense to annul the investigation for the crime of rebellionabuse of authority and disturbance of public peace.
Judiciary authorized Keiko Fujimori to travel outside Lima to carry out proselytizing activities
The ruling by magistrate Víctor Zúñiga Urday authorizes the leader of Fuerza Popular to travel to Ucayali, Piura and Ica between February 4 and 27.
Through a statement, the Judiciary informed that magistrate Juan Carlos Checkley, in charge of the court, decided to submit this challenge to the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court “for the pertinent purposes.”
At the beginning of January, through a request, the lawyers for Castillo, a prisoner in the Barbadillo prison, argued that there was no political preliminary trial that would allow his immunity to be lifted, as well as his detention.
Vladimir Cerrón will appeal a sentence of four years in effective prison filed by the Judiciary
The leader of Peru Libre assured that he does not agree with the sentence that the Judiciary filed against him and that he will appeal said sentence. The former governor of Junín must also pay two million soles for civil reparation.
However, Checkley himself rejected the request, considering that the former president was arrested in flagrante delicto for his failed self-coup on December 7, when he tried to flee to the Mexican embassy, after trying to close Parliament, intervene in public powers and govern by decree. The maneuver had no institutional backing.
The lawyer maintained that “the pre-trial process is not designed for a crime of flagrante delicto, since there is a primary and clear crime of flight.” For his part, the State Attorney General’s Office indicated that “the flagrante delicto triggered the police arrest” hours after his dismissal, when he tried to reach the diplomatic headquarters to request asylum.
Supreme Judge Elvia Barrios was suspended for 60 days for hiding her ex-husband’s contract with the JNE
The National Board of Justice sanctioned the former president of the Judiciary for not reporting that her ex-husband, Eduardo Laca, contracted with the National Election Jury for three years
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