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The prosecution hardens the pulse of Castillo, who denounces a coup
Lima, 11 October (EFE). – Peru prosecutors on Tuesday tightened the judicial siege on President Pedro Castillo by searching his sister’s home in the presence of his mother and filing a constitutional complaint against him in Congress after the president denounced that in the country “a new form of coup d’état ” has begun. Tuesday’s day began with multiple raids on the offices and homes of six congressmen from the centrist Popular Action party, nicknamed “The Children,” who were being investigated for their alleged links to the suspected criminal organization, the State Department said , directs Castillo in his executive branch. At the same time, prosecutors, with the support of a special police team, also searched the home of a sister of the ruler, where his mother, Mavila Terrones, was staying, who had to be admitted to a hospital in Lima to report health problems during errands. “This abusive act has compromised her health. I hold the DA responsible for my mother’s health,” Castillo snapped in a tweet. The raids, which took place as the local press revealed a series of allegations against the president by alleged judicial officials, led to the preliminary arrest of five members of a group of former executive branch advisers for a period of 10 days. The five are under investigation for their alleged role in the suspected corrupt group, which prosecutors say is allegedly run by the head of state to profit from fraudulent bidding for public works. THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT Hours later, tension mounted when prosecutors announced via Twitter that the nation’s Attorney General (General), Patricia Benavides, had filed a constitutional complaint in Congress against Castillo as an alleged perpetrator of crimes against the public order. in the form of a criminal organization aggravated by his status as leader. Also for offenses against the public administration in the modality of aggravated influence and as an alleged accomplice of the offense against the public administration in the modality of collusion (fraud). Immediately afterwards, Benavides offered a public statement justifying his decision, citing the “very serious and telling evidence of the existence of an alleged government-based criminal organization” allegedly found during the morning’s trial. The prosecutor firmly established that this corrupt network is “allegedly led by the President of the Republic, Castillo Terrones” and is made up of several ministers. He also accused the same organization of using a “constant and cruel obstruction of justice” which, he warned, “endangers the continuity of the investigation and the discovery of the truth that all people hope to learn”. With the referral of the constitutional complaint against Castillo to Parliament, it is now in the hands of the legislature to move forward with a process that, after all legal steps have been completed, could be decided with a plenary vote on a possible suspension of the president, who is in his 15-month term tenure has survived two impeachment attempts sponsored by the opposition that dominates the chamber. CASTILLO DENOUNCES “COUP D’ETAT” After Castillo learned of the complaint already made by the President’s defense and which he will seek legal action to reverse, in an unprecedented act, Castillo called the foreign press to the government palace, where he assured that “today the execution of a new form of coup in Peru has begun”. The president “flatly denied the allegations”, saying there was no evidence against him and condemned the work of the prosecutor, whom he accused of “political activity”. He also affirmed that he would not seek asylum or leave his country, repeating that he was a victim of “political persecution” but would remain “standing and steadfast” until the end of his term, which in principle runs until 2026 (c ) EFE Agency