He Constitutional Court (TC) rejected a habeas corpus presented by the defense of the former President Pedro Castillo which sought to annul the sentence of preventive detention for its attempted coup d’etat on December 7, 2022. This is one of many demands filed in favor of the former head of state under the argument was an alleged violation of the right to individual freedom.
According to the TC, the lawsuit filed by the Brangil citizen Juan Mateo Blas was filed in a court in Junín, when it had to be presented in Lima, where the events occurred.
“In the present case, according to what has already been indicated, it has been completely clear, without any margin of doubt, that the demand for habeas corpus was filed before a court that lacked territorial competence to meet it,” reads the resolution.
Pedro Castillo: In less than a month TC rejected 2 habeas corpus
Less than a month ago, on February 8, the Constitutional Court (TC) dismissed a habeas corpus filed in favor of Pedro Castillo, former president of the Republic (2021-2022), who sought his release under the argument of an alleged “arbitrary detention.” This resource, presented by Rocío Margot Calderón Contreras on December 10, 2022, alleged the violation of the right not to be arrested without a written judicial mandate or in case of flagrant crime.
The lawsuit requested the immediate freedom of Castillo Terrones, who was transferred to a police station on Spain Avenue in the framework of an investigation for rebellion and conspiracy. Calderón Contreras argued that those responsible did not meet the legal requirements for the arrest of the ex -president, stating that he was “kidnapped” and taken to the police headquarters.
In the resolution of File No. 00778-2023-PHC/TC, the CT Judicial Branch. Therefore, the Court determined that the arbitrary detention argument should be equally dismissed.
The Court, when addressing the section of the lawsuit that involved the senior management of the Navy, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), the Army and the former Minister of Defense Emilio Bobbio, determined that there was no sufficient evidence to justify the limitation of the right to personal freedom of former President Pedro Castillo.
