From the Barbadillo prison, the former president Pedro Castillo He sent a message once more through his social networks. This time, requesting a meeting between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and his legal defense, which is scheduled but has not yet taken place.
“I express my concern regarding what happened and I request that such an important meeting of the IACHR commission and my legal defense be carried out urgently,” said the former president, accompanied by a letter from his legal defense.
Compatriots: arbitrarily deprived of my rights and, in light of the IACHR’s visit to Peru, I make this statement public. I express my concern regarding what happened and I request that such an important meeting of the IACHR commission and my legal defense be carried out urgently pic.twitter.com/vTroSH49ss
— Pedro Castillo Terrones (@PedroCastilloTe) December 22, 2022
In this letter it can be seen that the ex-president has Wilfredo Arturo Robles Rivera as his lawyer, where it is indicated that the IACHR Secretariat scheduled a visit to Pedro Castillo, however, this has not yet taken place.
“At the time of publishing this statement, the IACHR has not contacted Mr. President’s defense, in order to specify details of the meeting, fearing that this meeting will not take place due to possible political pressure,” they indicate.
Thus, the legal defense of the coup leader “alerted” the population regarding an alleged “politicization” of the visit by the Commission of the IACHR in favor of the “de facto government.”
