Conflict between the prosecutor’s office and the Peruvian government

The Peru’s prosecutor Patricia Benavides condemned the country’s president Dina Boluarte and prime minister Alberto Otárola in Congress.for deaths in anti-government protests in 2022 and 2023.

“He reported it I filed a constitutional complaint before the Congress of the Republic against citizens Dina Boluarta and Luis Alberto Otárola,” she said in a statement in which she assured that the investigation against her “intended” to intimidate her so that she would not continue her “fight against impunity.”

Also against three former interior ministers who held the portfolio during the wave of protests, César Cervanes, Víctor Rojas and Vicente Romero. He denounces the five for allegedly committing the crime of qualified murder.

This Monday, the operation “Valquiria V” was carried out by the Special Team of Prosecutors Against Corruption of the Government (Eficcop), which accuses Benavides of being the head of a criminal influence-peddling network.

As part of this action, a man who until yesterday was v Director General of the Prosecutor’s Office, Jaime Villanueva.

Benavides stated in his message that This investigation is a “premeditated attack” those who oppose his work.

“This morning, the public Ministry was the subject of a a deliberate attack by those who oppose the work entrusted to us by the law: the fight against impunity and corruption orchestrated in the highest spheres of power,” Benavides said.

The prosecutor indicated that the institution she manages is in charge of cases of the highest importance with people who will try to use their power to “obstruct justice”.

“The last hours are the demonstrations of those who do not want to be investigated and they still have the ability to take revenge on the institution I represent. With this clumsy act, which aims to destabilize the independence and independence of the State Prosecutor’s Office, using the mechanism of using individual prosecutors for such heinous purposes”, he stated in the press release.

He announced that too will continue to investigate senior officials responsible for “the tragic deaths that occurred between December 2022 and March 2023.” in protests, as well as other “emblematic cases”.

“Today is a difficult day, but the fundamental fight is against impunity, against corruption and against the powerful who do not want justice to be served in our country,” he said, adding that He is not afraid of the retaliation that could still be taken against him.

It’s October 24th The prosecution extended the investigation for an additional eight months for death in protests.

For that case, On September 27, Dina Boluarte went to testify at the prosecutor’s officewhen he confirmed the explanations he had already given last June about the dozens of deaths that occurred during the anti-government demonstrations that took place from December to March in his country and asked that the investigation against him be closed.

The president was summoned as part of the preliminary investigation against her and other high-ranking officials of her government for allegedly committing the crimes of genocide, qualified murder and abuse of power, as a result the death of 77 people in mobilizations, of which 49 in direct clashes with security forces.