The first process against General Juan José Zúñiga that starred in the taking of Plaza Murillo on June 26 of last year It must be closed and present the formal accusation to go to trial; Thus reported the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo to the lawyers of his office. At the same time they will open Two other processes called ‘coup II’ and ‘coup III’.
“ANDl Case coup i (‘Zuñigazo’), of June 26, 2024, has already completed its research and two parallel processes have been openedone against the military of the passive service where even civilians would have participated in the previous planning meetings, there is another specific criminal process; And in parallel, there is another process where some civilians are being investigated that would be related to Zúñiga and their surroundings, ”said the minister on the state channel on Sunday.
On June 26 of last year, General Zúñiga starred in a takeover of Murillo Square for five hours. That fact was later known as the ‘Zuñigazo’, For the episode there are three dozen people who are being prosecuted. On April 11, the Prosecutor’s Office unleashed another wave of apprehensions and according to the minister, these facts already correspond to another case.
Del Castillo explained that in The ‘coup II’ case would be investigated by lawyer Jorge Valda and deputy Richard Riverathe latter “would have prepared the poster for concentration in the Christ Redeemer in the second ring.”
While The ‘coup III’ case would be the one that involves the general in Retiro Marco Bracamonte; Bismark Imaña and Retiro Colonel Mario Tanaka Arauz. The Prosecutor’s Office so far did not report these two other processes. But the Minister of Justice, César Siles publicly asked prosecutors to present the formal accusation against Zúñiga and the 30 detainees.
“In the main case, the investigation has already completed, we consider that with the latest statements where the list of the possible ministerial cabinet have already cited to declare, they have shown that they had no participation, therefore, we consider that the investigative work in this main case has already culminated (…) This is what we are going to demand from the Ministry of Government, because we are an accusing part against these people”, Said Del Castillo.
