The Board of Supreme Prosecutors announced that it will file criminal proceedings for the alleged commission of the crime of kidnapping against members of the National Police who arrested two prosecutors during the presidential second round in the region Ucayaliafter they intervened when the marked ballot papers were found.
The Board of Supreme Prosecutors announced that it will file criminal proceedings for the alleged commission of the crime of kidnapping against members of the National Police who arrested two prosecutors during the presidential second round in the region Ucayaliafter they intervened when the marked ballot papers were found.
Through a statement, the highest body of the Public Ministry expressed its “most energetic rejection” of the police action and expressed its “total solidarity and institutional support” for the affected magistrates.
According to the Board of Supreme Prosecutors, prosecutors They were deprived of their liberty between 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm on Sunday, June 7, when they were carrying out their duties during the electoral process.
“The police officers would have acted without right, reason or justified power”said the institution, which described the event as a serious impact on the exercise of the fiscal function.
Likewise, it condemned the actions of the agents involved and ratified its commitment to the defense of legality, the protection of fundamental rights and the autonomy and independence of the Public Ministry.
Hours later, the National Police of Peru issued a statement in which it defended the intervention carried out in Ucayali and maintained that it occurred after receiving a complaint about the existence of 17 previously marked ballot papers at the Diego Ferrer Sosa educational institution.
According to the police version, when the agents began the preliminary proceedings they learned that the cards had been withdrawn by representatives of the Public Ministry.
The institution indicated that said action would have implied an alleged usurpation of functions, considering that the preliminary investigation of the events corresponded to the National Police in accordance with a ruling by the Constitutional Court.
In this context, he indicated that two members of the Public Ministry were arrested in flagrante delicto for the alleged crime of real and personal concealment of the authors of an offense against the popular will.
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The PNP requested that the current constitutional and legal framework be respected and requested that the marked cards be made available for police investigations, noting that said material remains in the custody of the Public Ministry.
Likewise, it required the Board of Supreme Prosecutors to designate a tax headquarters other than that of Ucayali to legally conduct the investigations related to this case.
