Citation. The former coup president Pedro Castillo He was summoned to testify before a congressional commission for this Wednesday, January 4, starting at 2:00 p.m. This, as a result of the deaths, Product of carrier protests during his government in March 2021 due to the rise in fuel prices.
According to the agenda published on the Parliament website, Castillo Terrones must sympathize, blendedbefore the multi-party investigative commission in charge of “to determine the possible political, penal and administrative responsibilities” that caused the death of five people in the regions of Junín, Huánuco and Ica.
This would be the first time Pedro Castillo provides statements to Congress from the Barbadillo prisonwhere it meets preventive prison after being accused of the crimes of rebellion, and, alternatively, conspiracy.
It should be remembered that from March 28, 2021 until mid-April there was a strike of carriers in various regions of the country, which had repercussions of violence in the protests where there were moral victims and injuries.
In Lima, various protesters blocked lanes in Pasamayo, at km 70 of the Panamericana Norte highway. However, It was in Huancayo where the protests reached their peak following the statements of Pedro Castillowho slipped that unions of carriers, farmers, merchants, among others, were “motivated by money.”
Pedro Castillo is summoned to a congressional commission to commiserate about deaths that occurred in March 2021 due to a carrier strike. Photo: Congress
As a result of the strike Pedro Castillo announced a “mandatory curfew” since 2:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 in order to “restore internal peace and order.” However, the measure was suspended hours later.
Pedro Castillo remains in prison after coup attempt
Last Thursday, the Power of attorney ratified the order of 18 months of preventive detention against Pedro Castillo, confirming his stay in the Barbadillo prisonin Ate.
Likewise, the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court declared the appeal filed by his defense unfounded and founded the appeal of the Prosecutor’s Office.
Previously, the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) I point out that prison measure against Castillo Terrones has as its end “safeguard if personal physical integrity” as former head of state.
