The recent viral video that showed two armed men shooting on the Huancayo – Huancavelica road does not correspond to a road assault, but to a police operation, he clarified Javier Pinto AlmanzaRegional Chief of the National Coca Company (ENACO).
The complaint released in social networks indicated that it was assailants, however, Pinto Almanza said that the intervention was made by agents of the Chilca Police Station (Huancayo) At the request of Enaco, in order to seize around 900 kilos of coca leaf They were illegally transported.
“I was there in Churcampa, it is not true that there was an assault. We have asked that the Chilca police accompany us. The coca -loaded truck escaped, so the police intervene accordingly (shooting in the air),” he explained.
Although the intervention did not achieve its objective, Enaco recalled that in previous operations, in coordination with the same troops, they were seized 627 kilos of coca in Sapallanga (February 22), 111 kilos in Auray (February 26) and 896 kilos in Ulambo-Huancavelica (July 25).
In this case, the noncommissioned officers Michael Quispe and Jharol del Valletogether with other agents, they must declare before the Prosecutor’s Office of Churcampawhich has initiated an investigation following the dissemination of the video where the police are appreciated by shooting in the Villa Esmeralda sector, Locroja district.
In addition, Police Inspectorate It also investigates the operation, although those involved argue that they acted with authorization to carry out the intervention.
