Supreme Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered an appearance with restrictions and rules of conduct against former Prime Minister Aníbal Torres, who together with former President Pedro Castillo are being investigated for the alleged crime of rebellion and conspiracy.
Among the provisions that the former holder of the PCM will have is not to be absent from the place where he resides without the authorization of a judge and to appear before the fiscal or judicial authority when required. Likewise, the payment of S/ 20,000 as security.
After learning of the disposition of the Judiciary, Torres Vásquez’s defense announced that he will appeal the decision. Meanwhile, Torres Vásquez remains in hiding to which he went last week, after announcing that he was being investigated by the National Prosecutor’s Office in the company of Castillo.
The reading of the sentence lasted more than two hours, in which magistrate Juan Carlos Checkley, representing the Judiciary, determined Castillo’s request for 18 months of preventive detention as “suitable”, as well as his appearance with restrictions. .
The charges against Aníbal Torres
Torres is being investigated for rebellion and, alternatively, conspiracy by the Public Ministry. This after former President Pedro Castillo announced last Wednesday, December 7, the dissolution of Congress, a fact that was not carried out after the resignation of the entire PCM and the loss of support from the Armed Forces and the National Police of the Peru.
