The Defense Commission of the Congress of the republic He summoned the Minister of the Interior, Willy Huerta, for this Monday, August 29, in order to explain the recent changes made in the high command of the National Police (PNP).
In an official letter sent by the chairman of said working group, José Williams (Avanza País), he explained that the session will begin that day at 09:00 in person at the Raúl Porras Barrenechea hemicycle of the Legislative Palace.
“The invitation is for you to present about the recent changes in the high command of the National Police of Peru, published today in the Diario El Peruano”says the document sent to Huerta Olivos.
The Government appointed this Saturday, August 27, the lieutenant general of the PNP Raul Enrique Alfaro Alvarado as new PNP Commander General replacing PNP Lieutenant General of Arms Luis Alberto Vera Llerenawho held this position since last May.
Alfaro Alvarado had been serving as inspector general of the PNP. He was appointed to that position at the end of May. On that same date, Vera Llerena was appointed General Commander of the Police.
Likewise, through supreme resolution 135-2022-IN, published in the bulletin of legal regulations of the newspaper El Peruano, the Executive Power appointed Segundo Leoncio Mejia Montenegro as the new inspector general of the PNP.
The document, which bears the signatures of the President peter castle and the minister Willy Huertaalso promotes the aforementioned member of the Police from General of Arms to Lieutenant General.
All this occurs two days after it became known that the legal defense of Castillo Terrones filed a complaint against Colonel PNP Harvey Colchado before the General Police Inspectorate.
Eduardo Pachas, attorney for the president, accuses the head of the PNP special team of acting irregularly during the raid on the residence of the Government Palace to comply with the arrest warrant for Yenifer Paredes, on August 9.
