The Prosecutor’s Office assured that Ciro Castillo had ordered the construction of an “escape route” in his office in Gore Callao when he was still serving as governor. This after last December 23, members of the Dircocor found in the institution “a forum that connects with an environment with characteristics typical of a vehicle garage.”
When requesting information about this structural modification, they indicated that this space was located by a staircase; however, no documents were presented to support the need and viability of said construction.
With this, the Prosecutor’s Office reinforced its request for 36 months of preventive detention against Castillo during the hearing requesting this restrictive measure before the Judiciary, within the framework of the “Los Socios del Callao” case.
“Now with this the attitude of the investigated person to evade justice would be noted, who would have ordered the construction of said escape route outside of working hours (…), without the respective documentation that raises the need for said construction with connection to the vehicle garage, which would facilitate its transfer outside the GORE Callao facilities,” said provincial prosecutor Wills Gonzáles Morales.
Ciro Castillo’s defense assures that it is not his client’s office
In defense, Castillo Rojas’ lawyer, Humberto Abanto, responded that that space was not used by his client when he was an official. “He says that a broken man was found in the office. What he does not tell him is that Mr. Castillo is not using that office, in the first place, because as he has deforming osteoarthritis in his right knee, he had moved his office to the first floor, in an adjacent building,” he said.
“Where do you think that forado that the prosecutor is talking about leads? To a secret tunnel that connects the headquarters of the Regional Government of Callao with the take-off runway of the new Jorge Chávez Airport terminal? No, your honor, do you know where it leads? To the internal route of the building where the regional government is located; that is, he was going to escape by going around the circuit of the regional government,” he added.
He also questioned the tax work, alleging that they did not carry out a correct verification. “Specifically, there is an office, there is a staircase that is demolished, is that a hole that facilitates escape? Where does escape go? To the internal circuit of roads inside the building where the regional government is located […]. Where would I flee to? He will be wandering around the facilities. It is not even verified where Mr. Castillo was actually dispatching, in a front office, they have been able to ask all the employees,” he said.
Likewise, he considered that the prosecutor’s request for preventive detention for 36 months presents inconsistencies. “The deadline is not duly motivated. The request is based on generic arguments without justifying its need in the specific case. It does not individualize the accused, applying the maximum deadline, as if it applied indiscriminately to everyone, violating the duty of motivation and the principle of proportionality,” he noted.
