The Power of attorney admitted for processing the habeas corpus petition filed by the lawyer Iván Ramírez Espinoza seeking the immediate release of the former president Pedro Castillowho is in preliminary detention for 7 days for the crime of rebellion and conspiracy against the State, after announcing the dissolution of Congress and a reform of the judicial system.
The lawyer—through the initiative—indicates that Pedro Castillo was detained irregularly and illegally for the crime of rebellion. On this, he refers that there is no evidence that the former president used weapons to change the form of government.
In this argument, the Third Constitutional Court of Lima, declared “to admit to processing the habeas corpus demand promoted by Iván Ramírez Espinoza against the Judiciary, for the alleged violation of the individual freedom of Pedro Castillo”, details file No. 8924 -2022-JR-DC.
They reject first appeal
Last Thursday, the Second Constitutional Court of Lima declared the habeas corpu inadmissibles filed in favor of former President Pedro Castillo.
The appeal was directed against the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavidesand the head of the PNP Special Team, Colonel PNP Harvey Quiltedwho—according to the lawsuit—would have violated the right to individual liberty of the ex-president.