The Minister of the Interior, Juan Jose Santivañezspoke out on the messages that he would have sent to the PNP captainJunior Izquierdo, nicknamed ‘Culebra’, when he served as Deputy Minister of Internal Orderwith the purpose of asking him to contact Colonel PNP José Luis Alarcón to recommend his lawyer friend.
In this regard, the Head of the Interior Sectorannounced that he filed an amparo suit and denied having sent those messages to the PNP officer, who at that time of the communication was precisely participating in an operation with the Special Team against Corruption of Power in the intervention of Colonel Alarcón.
“I absolutely deny the communication, just as I absolutely deny other chats that this person has presented, which is why I have filed a request for protection proving that the documents that this man is presenting are absolutely false, as well as other statements,” he said. Juan Jose Santivañez in statements to the press.
He added: “I have already filed a request for protection against what the captain is falsely presenting. The request has been admitted, there is a hearing date, the parties have been notified and I am subject to what the Judiciary determines.”
What was the communication between the Minister of the Interior and PNP Captain ‘Culebra’?
According to the information issued by the Cuarto Poder program, the Minister of the Interior recommended his lawyer friend identified as Luis Vivanco, to be the legal defense of the Colonel PNP Jose Luis Alarconnicknamed ‘Michel’, who is being investigated for being part of an alleged criminal organization called ‘shadow criminal intelligence’.
“Friend, my friend Luchito Vivanco has called me because he wants to appear as Colonel Alarcón Camacho’s lawyer. Please, friend, how can I get in touch with him?” says the conversation between Juan José Santiváñez and Captain PNP (a) ‘Culebra’.
Santiváñez also tells the PNP captain that lawyer Luis Vivanco is his friend since college; however, after making contact, the minister writes to the officer again that Luis Vivanco will not take the case, because he informed him that Colonel Alarcón did not want to pay him financial compensation.
Who is Luis Vivanco and what is his connection with Nicanor Boluarte and Pedro Castillo’s nephew?
Attorney Luis Vivanco previously defended Fray Vásquez, nephew of Pedro Castillo, and since May he has represented Nicanor Boluarte, brother of President Dina Boluarte. During his statements on ‘Cuarto Poder’, the attorney acknowledged that he does know the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez.
“If the minister had the intention of recommending a case to me, that would be great, but that has not happened. I have not had any contact with him and much less have I called him to ask him to suggest or recommend a case for me,” Luis Vivanco told Cuarto Poder.
