the putschist Pedro Castillo He wanted the protesters who supported him to enter the Plaza Mayor in Lima on the day he announced the coup, last Wednesday, December 7.
The then Minister of the Interior, Willy Huerta, called the head of the Lima Police Region, PNP General Manuel Lozada, in the morning to ask him if he could open the gates that closed the access streets to the Government Palace.
At that time, the former head of the Cabinet of Advisors of the Ministry of Housing, Salatiel Marrufo, declared to the Congress Oversight Commission that Castillo had received money from the million-dollar bribes paid by the businesswoman Sada Goray. His demonstration began at 9:00 am.
That same day, in the afternoon, the Legislative Plenary was scheduled to vote on the former president’s vacancy. And for this they had called for marches for and against the then ruler.
in dialogue with Peru21Lozada explained that Huerta called him on his cell phone to ask him the question.
“He asked me if those who were protesting could enter the Plaza de Armas, I told him no because just as those who are with the government enter, those who oppose would also want to enter, how were we going to control that situation ( if it happened)?”the official told this newspaper.
The general also said that after denying the minister that possibility, he contacted the head of the PNP Advisory Command, General Jorge Angulo Tejada, to tell him about the exchange he had with the minister.
“I finished speaking and called General Angulo to tell him that the minister called me to ask me for this, which I am not going to do, I told him; and the general told me the same thing ‘it’s fine, you comply with what the high command (of the Police) tells you’ and that’s how it was, ”he recounted.
Minutes before noon, Pedro Castillo announced the illegal dissolution of Congress and ordered the reorganization of the justice system.
Despite the fact that the coup leader ordered a curfew, neither the Armed Forces nor the Police complied with that order. And Parliament vacated him from office moments later.
