Last Wednesday, December 7, Peter Castillo He was the protagonist of a limit moment, one of those in which, depending on the result, someone’s life will make a 180-degree turn: the announcement of a coup d’etat following a forced closure of the Congress of the republic, which ended up being the final blow to his presidential adventure. After that, within hours, he lost his position President, his freedom and contact with his family. The possibility of saying goodbye to loved ones has become a luxury for those who, just a year ago, were preparing to celebrate their first Christmas in governament Palace.
The celebration of Christmas Eve 2022 for Peter Castillo It was a moment of solitude in his cell in the Barbadillo prison, where he is serving the 18 months of preventive detention imposed by the supreme judge. Juan Carlos Checkley. A place that begins to gather a certain tradition of hosting former dictators or those who have tried to wear that costume in their worst quarter of an hour. Even the former president spent his Christmas here Albert Fujimorisentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.
Pedro Castillo’s family
At the family level, Terrini Castle he spent this year-end appointment away from his family. the former first lady lilia paredes is in Mexico, protected under the cloak of political asylum granted by the government of Manuel López Obrador for her and her two minor children.
The Mexican ambassador expelled, Paul Monroe, spoke —from Mexico— on the situation of Lilia Paredes. You have warned that the political asylum granted “has broad effects”. Furthermore, you alerted the Peruvian authorities that, “if it is a political crime for Mexico (for which it is intended to judge lilia paredes), then the Peruvian state must accept it in this way”. And he recalled that the tax lawsuit against the wife of Peter Castillo it is still in the investigation phase.
The government of Mexico relies on the Caracas Conventionsigned in 1964, to have granted asylum to Mura Navarro and his children. In that document it was established that asylum could not be granted “to persons accused of a crime or convicted”, but this is not the case for lilia paredesagainst whom there was a provision of appearance with limitations, which was canceled by art power of attorney the same day that Peru decided to expel from the national territory Paul Monroe.
Pedro Castillo’s lawyers
Since he left the presidency of the Republic, Peter Castillo He had 8 different lawyers. Its first legal representative was the former president of the Council of Ministers Hannibal Torres, who accompanied him during his first hours as a detainee at the Prefecture of Cercado de Lima. He was present when prosecutors led by the head of the Public ministry, Patricia Benavides, to inform the former president of the details of his arrest. She accompanied him throughout the process and by helicopter when he was transferred – on the night of Wednesday 7 – to Diroes.
In addition to Aníbal Torres, lawyers have joined the former president’s legal defense Wilfredo Robles Rivera yes Victor Perez Liendo. Days later it appeared Miguel Perez Arroyoformer attorney of Alberto Fujimori before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court HR), and the lawyer Maria Esther Adriano Guzman like his lawyers, but the former resigned and said he made the decision after coming under direct attack from his closest circle.
Given the imminent request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for pre-trial detention against Peter Castillothe lawyers Raúl Noblecilla yes Ronald Atencioboth characters close to the deputy William BermejoThey took up their defense. They decided not to attend the hearing as a strategy to question the trial, for which public defender Ítalo Díaz had to take charge, but in the end they lost in front of the room presided over by the judge. Checkley and the result was 18 months of pre-trial detention against the former head of state, who is serving them in Barbadillo prison.
