No responsibility was found for them the day the young protesters lost their lives during the police repression, according to a report by the Inspector General, Lieutenant General Segundo Mejía Montenegro.
The 11 officers whom the General Inspectorate of the General Police was investigating for alleged responsibility for the death of the young Inti Sotelo and Bryan Pintado, during the protests of November 14, 2020 against the Manuel Merino regime, were completely acquitted of the charges. charges against them.
According to the report of the inspector general, Lieutenant General PNP Segundo Mejía Montenegro, who was in charge of the case and questioned the defendants, found no evidence to show that the 11 officers committed the serious offenses against the police service that were attributed to them.
Among those acquitted is the former PNP Deputy Commander General PNP Lieutenant General (r) Jorge Lam Almonte, who ordered the preparation of the Operations Plan that was executed the day that Inti Sotelo and Bryan died from the effect of projectiles fired by police officers, according to with the report of the PNP Inspector General to which La República had access.
Lieutenant General Jorge Lam was being investigated for a serious offense against the police service (G-38), “failing to fulfill the mission or breaching the assigned functional responsibility, due to negligence, improvidence or lack of initiative.”
The former head of the Seventh Lima Police Region, General PNP (r) Jorge Cayas Medina, who was in charge of executing the Operations Plan to suppress the demonstrations in downtown Lima and was facing three serious charges, was also released from responsibility.
General Jorge Lam was attributed the aforementioned G-38 infraction, in addition to MG-52 (deliberately contravening established operational and administrative procedures) and G-26 (failing to comply with directives, regulations, procedural guides and protocols causing serious damage to property legal).
The former head of the Special Services Division, Colonel PNP (r) Carlos Villafuerte Salas, who also faced three serious charges for his actions on November 14, 2020, was acquitted.
Colonel Villafuerte was charged with offenses G-26, MG-52, and G-8 (intentionally failing to comply with or altering the order or deadlines established for the receipt, processing, issuance, or remittance of documents, causing damage).
The former heads of the National Directorate of Special Operations, Colonel PNP (r) Percy Tenorio Gamonal, and of the Office of Operational Planning, PNP Commander Luis Zevallos Saavedra, who played a decisive role on the day of the events, were also acquitted.
Colonel Tenorio was investigated for offense G-46 (carrying out unauthorized police actions, operations, or proceedings) and Commander Zevallos for offense G-26 (failing to comply with directives, regulations, procedural guides, and protocols causing serious damage to property legal).
List of PNP officers acquitted and infractions
- PNP Lieutenant General (r) Jorge Lam Almonte (G-38)
- General PNP (r) Jorge Cayas Medina (MG-52, G-38 G-26)
- Colonel PNP (r) Carlos Villafuerte Salas (G-26, G-8, MG-52)
- Colonel PNP (r) Percy Tenorio Gamonal (G-46)
- PNP Commander Luis Zevallos Saavedra (G-26)
- PNP Commander Jhon Alfaro Bonilla (G-26)
- PNP Commander Saúl Luján Ortíz (G-26)
- PNP Commander (r) Juan Burga Sánchez (G-26)
- PNP Commander (r) Alan Won López (G-26)
- PNP Commander Marcos Neria Morales (G-26)
- PNP Captain Kelly Bustamante Barreto (G-26)
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