Eduardo Perez Rocha: “What happened in Pichanaki shows that there was no proactive intelligence analysis”

Former CEO of the company National Police of Peru (PNP) Eduardo Pérez Rocha said that part of the blame for the rampant protests in the Pichanaki area lies with the executive branch, since the Constitution prohibits the use of weapons in demonstrations. In addition, he clarified that what happened is a model of the lack of intelligence analysis in the control work.

“When they ask citizens who is leading the protests, they say they don’t know. The communiques organizing these issues say no, there are no known leaders. This is the responsibility of the executive branch. I say this from experience. It is assumed that the Constitution, although true, in the second article, where it speaks of personal guarantees, says that all peaceful marches, without weapons, do not need permission if they take place in private places or in public places. But then it says that when using public areas or means of communication, you need to request authorization in advance, ”he said in RPP News Extension.

“We just saw what happened in Pichanaki and there are no police or military there. This lets us know that a preventive intelligence analysis was not carried out.because it’s unthinkable. We all know from experience that this is always the case. It seems to me that there is a lot of weakness in the executive branch,” he added.

In addition, regarding the resignation of former DINI director Juan Carlos Liendo, he mentioned that he was not even allowed to establish himself, since he was only organizing his team.

“All of us who understand intelligence know that at the maximum world level you will meet 15 country intelligence chiefs, but the intelligence chief never shows up to accept answers. This is a position that should be the most remote and indifferent. Secondly, we have seen the head of DINI, the retired commander who reported irregular problems to Pedro Castillo, retire and his entire team retires. At this time, Liendo entered, but there are still no results from the work. And that they are taking this measure of accepting his resignation – because what will become of the coordination with Dina Boluarte, because he is the one who demands the resignation – it’s like going to a football match and not having a ball, ”he said. .

Black money from illegal mining at protests

Secondly, Perez Rocha He emphasized that the protests will be supported not only by money from illegal mining, but also from the illegal drug trade.

“Not only illegal mining, but also an aspect of drug trafficking. We have seen del Vraem travel around in the latest trucks, carrying rocks, slingshots and even explosives on many occasions, which points to their collusion with illegal mining. Secondly, there has never been a violent confrontation between protesters and the police, that we have been injured by firearms with magic weapons and most importantly – and notable, because this is terrorism – this is an aspect of the use of fuse explosives. that it’s like throwing live grenades at police officers,” he concluded.