Lima, (EFE).- The Supreme Court of Peru ordered the “immediate capture” of former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, after declaring an appeal presented by the Prosecutor’s Office to order 18 months of preventive detention against her.
For his alleged participation in the failed coup d’état by ex-president Pedro Castillo, on December 7.
In its resolution, the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, presided over by magistrate César San Martín, asked the Judicial Police to capture Chávez.
But he refused to apply the same measure to former ministers Willy Huerta and Roberto Sánchez, investigated for the same case.
On April 26, the supreme preparatory investigation judge Juan Carlos Checkley had refused to impose preventive detention against the three former ministers.
Although he ordered them to appear and pay a bond of 100,000 soles (27,700 dollars or 25,316 euros) against Chávez.
Of 80,000 soles against Huerta, former Minister of the Interior, and 50,000 soles against Sánchez, former head of Commerce.
The information was initially disseminated by local media and later confirmed by the Judiciary on Twitter.
Where he indicated that the three former ministers are being investigated for the alleged commission of the crime of rebellion and, alternatively, conspiracy against the State.
Chavez is pronounced
After learning of the court decision, Chávez made a live broadcast from his account on the TikTok social network.
In which he stated that he is at home in the southern region of Tacna, on the border with Chile.
And that there he will wait for the arrival of the police officers.
“I’m at my house in Tacna, I’m waiting for the police to come and go with them,” he said while announcing that in the next few days he will put up for sale a book he has written, with the title “Stories for a month or if you want forever”.
She added that she has not yet been notified of the court decision.
But he reiterated that he will remain at his home in Tacna and requests to serve preventive detention in that town, because that is where he has “all his roots.”
Chávez appeared calm and even joked with his followers on the social network, but later admitted that he is facing “a complex issue for my family, but we must be brave.”
“We hope for the soon return of democracy and the rule of law,” he said before indicating that during his arrest he hopes to write his thesis.
“This is not something that mortifies me, perhaps for a sector of politicians and journalists who believe that with this situation, which I reiterate is complex, they are going to see me down, sad, crying, they are wrong,” he emphasized.
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court analyzed on Monday the appeal filed by the Prosecutor’s Office against the rejection of its request for 18 months of preventive detention for the three former ministers.
Then he indicated that he would report his decision “within the legal term.”
During the hearing, in addition to the Prosecutor’s Office and the defense lawyers, both Chávez, Huerta and Sánchez participated.
Those who attended virtually and reiterated that they were not part of the preparation of Castillo’s attempted coup.
“My actions will always be to declare to the law and collaborate,” Chávez remarked before indicating that he has requested that the amount of the bail established for this case be reduced, since his economic income has decreased and he is resuming his profession as a lawyer. .
The first decision of the judge and Congress
On April 26, Judge Checkley considered that there were insufficient arguments for the danger of flight and obstruction of Justice for the former ministers.
Although he imposed rules of conduct on them such as not being absent from their place of residence, attending the court as many times as they are summoned and going monthly to sign a control book starting on May 2.
The plenary session of Congress approved on March 23 to constitutionally accuse Chávez for his alleged participation in the self-coup d’état that Castillo attempted to carry out.
And, immediately, he suspended her in the exercise of her legislative functions, since she was a member of the bench of the Perú Democrático party, while the criminal proceedings against her lasted.
The plenary session also approved the requests for constitutional accusation against Huerta and Sánchez.
Who were ministers of the Interior and Foreign Trade, respectively.
And they affirmed that they were unaware of Castillo’s intention to try to dissolve Congress, govern by decree and intervene in the Judiciary.