The Prosecutor’s Office today demanded that Congress restore in its entirety and without modifications the text of the law that allowed preliminary detention, after warning that dangerous criminals are being released taking advantage of the modifications made to the norm.
LOOK: They promulgate a law that repeals preliminary detention if it is not in flagrante delicto
Through a statement, the Public Ministry reported that ten members of the criminal organization Las Hienas Verdes de Huaura, who are charged with the crimes of extortion, qualified homicide, concealment, and illegal possession of firearms, were released this Thursday. Three of them were active police officers.
According to the press release, the detainees were favored by the Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Huaura despite the fact that they had the preliminary detention measure of 15 days obtained by the Prosecutor’s Office of that same jurisdiction.
The Superior Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of Huaura announced that it will present an appeal for the Supreme Court of the Judiciary to review and rectify said decision.
The repeal of the rule not only harms the work of the Prosecutor’s Office that prosecutes crime, but also that of the National Police that investigates high-caliber criminals.
Consequently, raids can only be carried out to seize evidence. But even this type of proceedings were undermined by the Legislature, last September, by changing the Organized Crime Law and requiring the presence of the lawyer of those investigated to proceed with the operation.
Regarding the case of rape and murder of a minor under 12 years of age, the spokesperson for the Public Ministry, Víctor Cubas, said in Peru21TV that the detainee “could easily be released the day after tomorrow because the provision by virtue of which he is being preliminarily detained is now repealed.”
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