The congresswoman Ruth Luque reported that four protesters arrested during the October 15 protests They are still imprisoned in the Rímac Social Affairs Divisionwhere the Prosecutor’s Office has requested preventive detention against him. As indicated in his official X account, the detainees are Aracely Alexia Chunga Escalante, Nilton David Calderón Rodas, Carlos Jair Jaramillo and Wilfredo Huertas Vidalwho were intervened after the mobilizations carried out against the Government of José Jerí.
Luque questioned the prosecutor’s request by recalling that preventive detention should be an exceptional measure. He warned that in several of the cases there are no elements that support suspicions of crime. In the case of Aracely Chungathe legislator assured that she was violently subdued by police officers and that she was even threatened during her intervention, as seen in the videos broadcast on social networks.
Likewise, the parliamentarian announced that the judicial hearings will take place this Sunday and expressed her expectation that the magistrate in charge will act impartially. “If the judge is impartial, people should face their trial in freedom,” he said.
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Lawyer denounces irregularities in the arrest of Jair Jaramillo
Lawyer Indira Rodríguez, defender of the detainee Jair Jaramillodenounced that his sponsor faces disproportionate accusations and irregularities in the investigation process. As he explained, the Police initially attributed the crimes of riots, attempted homicide and aggravated robbery, but the Prosecutor’s Office He ruled out the charge of homicide as he did not find elements to support it. Currently, the Public Ministry He only maintains the request for nine months of preventive detention for riots and aggravated robbery.
Rodríguez warned that the alleged aggravated robbery is based on an object planted among Jaramillo’s belongings. “Within the seizure appears a cell phone that Police He says it belongs to cash, but there’s no way Jair stole it. “I was fleeing from a violent intervention,” she explained. The lawyer maintained that this fact is “the most irregular” and evidences an attempt to criminalize the protest.
Likewise, he reported that Jaramillo was beaten during his arrest and that He didn’t receive painkillers until Friday.despite the severe pain in his arm and having undergone an examination by the medical examiner. “He has been writhing in pain and was only able to receive painkillers when two congressmen intervened,” he said. The hearing that will define whether the nine months of preventive detention are issued is scheduled for this Sunday, October 19 at 5 p.m., he added.
