The former president Pedro Castillo He was sentenced to prison, but he is not alone. His former ministers, Betssy Chavez, Aníbal Torresand Willy Huerta They also received sentences of up to 11 years for having participated in the attempted self-coup that the former president intended to carry out on December 7, 2022.
For the supreme court, the former minister Willy Huerta It was “part of the agreement to attack the constitutional order.” This because he was personally called by Pedro Castillo to witness the message to the Nation.
By decision of the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Courtthe former ministers Betssy Chavez (PCM) and Willy Huerta (Mininter), will receive the same sentence of 11 years, 5 months and 15 days in prison. For its part, Anibal Torreswho was 79 years old at the time of the crime, was sentenced to a reduced sentence of 6 years and 8 months in prison.
In addition to respective sentences, the Judiciary He also ordered that Castillo, Chávez and Huerta be disqualified from holding public office for a period of two years.
In the case of the convictions, the court also mentioned that Anibal Torres and Willy Huerta will be able to access the provisional suspension of the sentence if they file an appeal. This is because Both involved have attended the hearings and do not present a flight risk. that jeopardizes the judicial process against him.
It was determined that, for extra-property damage, the payment of S/12 million (more than 3.5 million dollars) corresponds as civil reparation. This amount must be covered jointly only by Pedro Castillo Terrones, Bettsy Chavez Chino, Aníbal Torres Vásquez and Willy Huerta Oliva.
The Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court acquitted the retired PNP general Manuel Lozada Moralesformer head of the Seventh Police Region, who had been accused of co-authorship in the crime of rebellion for the failed coup attempt on December 7, 2022.
The court’s resolution determined that Manuel Lozada He had no criminal responsibility in the events related to this case.
On the other hand, in the case of the police Eder Infanzónthe Criminal Chamber indicated that although it would have prevented the entry of congressmen, there is no evidence that it acted in collusion with the other defendants.
Infanzón He is considered a contumacious prisoner, since he did not appear at the beginning of the trial and Switzerland, where he is located, refuses to provide information about his situation. However, the Criminal Procedure Code allows a contumacious offender to be acquitted. What is prohibited is that he be convicted as a contumacious offender.
The Criminal Court also determined that there is insufficient evidence to determine that the police Jesus Venero Mellado participated in the attempted coup d’état, for which he was also acquitted.
During an interview with Channel N Before the result of the judicial process against Castillo and his former ministers is known, the congressman Jaime Quitoelected by the Peru Libre party, stated that “All sectors grouped together, articulated themselves, united to be able to get Pedro Castillo out of the way”and stated that the reasons behind the trial against the former president are mainly political, which is why he called the process a “farce.”
“It is evident that there is a farce of a judicial process that has taken place in these three years.that the only constitutionally elected president is practically kidnapped and that the right has not wanted or does not want to respect the popular decision and has not wanted to do so from the beginning,” he stated. Quito in conversation with the television medium.
