Colonel PNP Harvey Colchadowho was made official as a retired agent in January of this year, stated that there is an agreement between the Legislative Branch and the Executive to distort the management carried out by the High Complexity Crime Investigation Division (Diviac) of the National Police of Peruas well as for the Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power (Eficcop).
Colchado, who was in charge of investigations against political figures such as Pedro Castillo and Dina Boluartewas questioned in a previous interview on RPP by the congressman Americo Gonza (Free Peru). He indicated that Diviac would have used large sums of money to investigate the former president Castle and that, despite this, no “conclusive evidence” has been presented regarding the accusations. Given these statements, the retired colonel assured that said speech is part of a narrative shared between the Government, especially by the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñezand some benches of the Congress of the Republic.
“That is a half-truth that he repeats, following what the minister (Juan José) says. Santiváñez. Many benches of Congress and the Government They are playing on the wall. That is another pact that exists. (…) They only come out to spread half-truths. But now I can go out and defend myself, now. (…) The Diviac “It is the unit that has generated the most results by dismantling criminal gangs,” he indicated.
Colchado also assured that the Diviac has not caused an overspending to the public treasury. As expressed by the colonel PNPonly 5% of the resources would have been allocated to the anti-corruption fight led by the Efficop. In defense of his position, quilting reiterated that these accusations are part of arguments based on “half-truths”, also replicated by the head of the Home Office.
“They claim that the management has used a large amount of money, but that is false. Of the resources of the Diviaconly 5% went to support the Efficop. What happens is that they work with half-truths. Just like the minister (Juan José Santiváñez), who uses falsehoods and half-truths, and with the arrogance that characterizes him, continues to revile,” he said.
Harvey Colchado accuses Santiváñez of protecting criminals after observing a law that seeks to restore preliminary detention
Through his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), quilting accused the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñezof favoring the impunity of criminals and extortionists after the Government decided to observe the law that restores the preliminary detentiona few hours before the regulatory deadline to make said observation expires. According to the PNP colonel, by questioning the effectiveness of the preliminary detention, Santiváñez It would not only be unprotecting the police, but also weakening the fight against organized crime.
In a statement signed by quiltingstressed that preliminary detention is “an indispensable and decisive tool for the neutralization of criminal elements.” Furthermore, he stated that the actions of the interior minister They already hinted at their intention to harm both the Prosecutor’s Office as well as to police investigators: “Today, in his ministerial role, he manifests what he knows how to do best: guarantee impunity for those who threaten social peace. By questioning such a determining tool for the pursuers of crime, he not only leaves those without support police, but it weakens one of the fundamental bases of the fight against crime,” he concluded.
