With the presentation of a video and the testimony of neighbors, the former mayor of the La Yarada town center Edilso Huerta Jahuira managed to escape from his imprisonment after being detained by the Police as allegedly responsible for the accident that occurred on the Costanera highway where they lost their lives. nine people and 16 others were injured.
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In an interview yesterday, the former mayoral authority stated that at no time did he declare that his vehicle had been stolen and he emphatically denied having been driving the car involved in the multiple crash.
The tragedy
On the night of September 29, near the so-called Curva de El Chasqui, a bus, a truck and a car that entered the Costanera highway from a detour were hit. The impact left several homes in mourning and left some people with consequences that will mark them for life.
Edilso Huerta indicated that he was in the city of Tacna, in his home on Ejercito Avenue and that it was only at night that he moved to La Yarada after hearing about the terrible accident that occurred in which his car was involved. involved. “I was in Tacna, that day I came at 10 in the morning, I did procedures at ATMs, there are videos, I was in Tacna until 8 at night”he assured.
Former mayor Edilso Huerta’s car was abandoned after participating in the triple crash. (Photo: Diffusion)
I didn’t drive the car
He emphasized that the car involved in the accident, a Toyota with license plate A4T-633, had left it on his farm. “I left the vehicle on my mother’s farm, under the pine tree, and I don’t know who was driving that vehicle, but I already told the police who was on the farm that day, my brothers, my family, workers and all of them. “Someone had to have taken it.” he pointed out.
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He continued by saying that the Police have already been able to identify who was the one who mobilized said vehicle and then participated in the accident. “With the investigations, their degree of responsibility will be determined since other tests have also been carried out with the other drivers and progress is being made in the investigation,” remarked the former mayor.
Blame social networks
He regretted that the bad information that was initially given had led many victims of the accident to believe that he was responsible. Even some of them who had, as he said, his mother lynched.
“They have said that I was driving, that I was zigzagging and many other things through social networks, so they have been able to lynch my mother, there have even been threats to burn her home”Huertas said.
The day after the tragedy, the Police arrested the former mayor and he remained locked up for seven days. (Photo: Diffusion)
Research continues
“Let’s let the specialists…, because the degree of force on a metal to make it bend, the tread of the tires, the brakes, all of that will serve to determine in what situation, how the events happened”he noted.
He assured that he is collaborating with everything the Police needs so that the responsibility of all participants can be established.
