- Pedro Castillo could be sentenced to 32 years: the prosecutor’s arguments to request preventive detention
- Prisoners, investigated or denounced: the Presidency of the Republic and the weight of justice | REPORT
Supreme Judge Juan Carlos Ckeckley Soria announces his decision regarding the prosecutor’s request for 36 months of preventive detention against the vacated former president Pedro Castillo for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling and collusion committed during his government.
The magistrate points out that preventive detention is the ideal and necessary measure. He indicates that although he already complies with said measure, in the Barbadillo prison, for his trial for the crime of rebellion, it is not aimed at ensuring his permanence in the investigation for criminal organization.
The Public Ministry requested the same measure for former ministers Juan Silva (Transport) -currently a fugitive from justice- and Geiner Alvarado (Housing).
The judge realizes that the first requirement is met for Pedro Castillo to be ordered into preventive detention: he is strongly suspected of the crimes attributed to him. He now verifies that the second is fulfilled: that the possible sentence is greater than 4 years @Politica_ECpe
— Victor Reyes Parra (@nekroRP) March 9, 2023
The judge concludes that Pedro Castillo does have a flight risk due to his lack of roots, his ability to leave the country if he is released because he would face a serious sentence; he also remembers that his co-investigator Juan Silva is currently on the run @Politica_ECpe
— Victor Reyes Parra (@nekroRP) March 9, 2023
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Regarding the danger of flight: the magistrate considers that he does not have domiciliary roots. His internment in the Barbadillo prison, in contradiction to what the defense of the former president maintained, cannot be considered as house arrest @Politica_ECpe
— Victor Reyes Parra (@nekroRP) March 9, 2023
More about the danger of flight: the judge indicates that it is accredited that if Pedro Castillo were free, he would have the facility to leave the country as he tried to do when he went to the Mexican embassy @Politica_ECpe
— Victor Reyes Parra (@nekroRP) March 9, 2023
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During Wednesday’s hearing, Supreme Prosecutor Galinka Meza projected that Castillo would be sentenced to 32 years in prison for the crimes for which he is being prosecuted.
Meanwhile, he said, Geiner Alvarado could be sentenced to 17 years and 8 months and Juan Silva could have a sentence of 24 years and 8 months in jail.
Pedro Castillo is already serving a first order of 18 months of preventive detention in the Barbadillo prison for the alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy for the coup that he perpetrated on December 7, 2022.
