The congressman Guillermo Bermejo will be confined in the maximum security prison Ancón Iafter having been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crime of affiliation to terrorist organization. This was confirmed this Monday, October 27, by the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) through his X account, who ordered his internment in the prison while the corresponding judicial measures are carried out.
The transfer of the parliamentarian occurs after the Judiciary issued the ruling against him on October 24, within the framework of the process being followed for alleged links with remnants of Luminous Path in the Vraem.
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According to the court ruling, the former congressman maintained contact with leaders of Luminous Path during his forays into Vraem. Testimonies from effective collaborators and intelligence records were decisive in proving his terrorist affiliation. The sentence also orders the payment of civil compensation of S/ 100,000.
For its part, the defense of Guillermo Bermejo He announced that he will file an appeal to a higher court, alleging that it is political persecution against him. For his part, the Judiciary He maintained that the evidence was evaluated within due process and that the decision responds to the current legal framework. With your entry to Ancón prisonGuillermo Bermejo will begin serving his sentence while the second instance review of his case continues.
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Guillermo Bermejo’s lawyer denounces political persecution after 15-year sentence
The lawyer Ronald Atencio denounced that the conviction of 15 years in prison imposed on Guillermo Bermejo by terrorist affiliation responds to an attempt at “political annihilation” against his patron, just when he was beginning to emerge as presidential candidate of the Peruvian left. In statements to Juliana Oxenford’s Arde Troya program, the defender assured that the former congressman is today “just another political prisoner” and that the ruling of the Judiciary seeks to stop the growth of an uncomfortable figure for conservative sectors.
Atencio questioned that the terruqueo has gone from being a media tool to materializing in judicial rulings. He maintained that there is no evidence linking Russet with Luminous Pathand cited as evidence the statements of three effective collaborators and two Intelligence reports that rule out any relationship between the former legislator and the terrorist organization. He even recalled publications from 2012 in which Bermejo asked to “act against the Shining Path,” as a sign of his rejection of extremism.
The lawyer also dismissed the testimonies of Ricardo Pinedo and Luis Giampietri, who accused him of planning an attack against former president Alan García. According to Atencio, these versions come from “APRA and far-right sectors” that seek to stigmatize their client. Likewise, he denied that there is evidence of Bermejo’s contacts with the FARC or the Quispe Palomino, and announced that they will appeal the sentence as they consider it another example of the political use of the judicial system.
