Agents of the Division of Investigation of High Complexity Crimes of the PNP – Lima, arrived in Cusco together with representatives of the Public Ministry, after the Sixth National Preparatory Investigation Court of the Superior Court of Criminal Justice, ruled 10 days of preliminary detention against General PNP Pedro Villanueva, head of the VII Cusco Police Macro Region.
The team, divided into two units, began work on the morning of last Monday, going to the home of the aforementioned general, located in the Santa Mónica urbanization of the Wanchaq district, where the policeman was not found.
The same fate befell the team at the facilities of the VII Cusco Police Macro Region, where the general’s office was raided, arriving to seize documentation that would be evaluated in the process for the alleged irregular payment for police promotions during 2021 and 2022.
Upon the arrival of the representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office, They did not provide any kind of statement. The only one who spoke on the subject was Colonel PNP Julio Becerra, head of the Cusco Crime Investigation Division, and currently in charge of the Cusco Police headquarters.
“They are in full execution of the work that they have come to develop, we are in full working order with the two specialized teams that have come from Lima. They are intervening the office of General Villanueva in the presence of the Public MinistryI know that his home in Santa Monica has also been searched and he has not been found.”he quoted.
He also confirmed that PNP General Pedro Villanueva would not be in Cusco and that at the moment he would be absent, because he presented a medical rest license Saturday of the previous week.
FACT:
– The Police in coordination with the National Prosecutor’s Office is behind the steps of eight PNP generals, involved in the case irregular promotions through the payment of 20 thousand dollars with the presumed consent of the former President of the Republic Pedro Castillo.
* Video/courtesy: N. Larico.