Colonel Harvey Colchado’s lawyer, Miguel Pérez Arroyo, mentioned that the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, must reinstate his client as head of the Diviac.
Harvey Colchado’s lawyer, Miguel Pérez Arroyo, made some clarifications regarding resolution No. 110-2024-IGPNP that dictates the lifting of the colonel’s suspension that was imposed last April and said that what proceeds now is for him to be the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, who arranges the reinstatement of his sponsored person as head of the Diviac.
“As long as this measure of removal from office no longer exists, he must be reinstated as head of Diviac and the resolution must be issued,” he told the press.
Likewise, he was asked why the decision should be made by Home Office If it was a police agency that lifted the colonel’s suspension Harvey Colchadoto which Pérez explained that The owner Santiváñez signed the temporary replacement of his client; Therefore, it is up to you to assign him his position again.
“Because when Colonel Panta was temporarily assigned it was done through a ministerial resolution; therefore, that resolution must be withdrawn (…) it no longer has any basis, it has no basis, this is what the minister has been told. of the Interior in order to comply with the legal requirement parameters”, stated
Why was Colonel Harvey Colchado suspended?
In April 2024, Colonel Harvey Colchado of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) was temporarily suspended from his position as head of the High Complexity Crime Investigation Division (Diviac). The General Inspectorate of the PNP initiated an administrative disciplinary procedure against him, pointing out alleged offenses classified as “serious” and “very serious” within the institution’s disciplinary regime.
The suspension was motivated by the publication on social networks of a photograph of a birthday cake that, according to the Inspectorate, made reference to the raid on the home of President Dina Boluarte in March 2024. The image represented a ceramic doll like police officer holding a battering ram, a tool used in the operation, next to a brown door similar to that of the raided residence.
