Jose Tello on the extradition of Alejandro Toledo: “Yes or yes, he will answer to Peruvian justice”

He Minister of JusticeJosé Tello referred to the extradition of former President Alejandro Toledo, who is currently at large on bail until an appeal filed by his defense is resolved, and pointed out that he would have to give a mandatory answer to the Peruvian justice system. .

“It is normal that Mr. Toledo’s defense has exhausted all mechanisms to prevent this man from being brought to justice before Peruvian justice. But what I can finally say is that Gentleman yes or yes answer before Peruvian justice. In the end, he is extradited. The only thing we see is the delayed maneuvers that are characteristic of the defense that helps him, ”he said. News extension from PTR.

“It’s up to the Department of Public Administration (to decide if they go to the United States to see Toledo extradited). The issue is that their autonomy helps them. What if we are going to support everything they require, because at a certain moment, foreign relations and Interpol, and obviously the National Police of Peru and the Ministry of the Interior, are contributing to the transfer, and we will take care of the conclusion here,” he added.

Prisons unaffected by rains: ‘So far so good’

On the other hand, he issued a decision on the emergency situation due to the rains that affected various regions of the country, and specified that at the moment the penitentiaries are under control. In addition, he clarified that there is an emergency response plan for floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters.

“In areas where premises (prisons) are more vulnerable, for example, in the north, in the central zone, on the coast, our prisons were not affected. In the depths, too, did not suffer. Everything is fine for now. We also have a contingency plan for floods, natural disasters or earthquakes. We have all the protocols in place to guarantee the integrity of the prisoners who depend on us and control; that is, they do not escape us,” he argued.

He also mentioned that there is a pilot plan to clean up facilities affected by natural disasters. However, informality and lack of registration do not allow them to conduct it in full.

“We are going to implement a pilot plan focused on the legal physical sanitation of the property. owned by regional governments. This is very important, because we see schools and health centers in a very bad condition, and it is simply impossible to invest there, because the land is dirty (…). We have a serious problem of informality. At the national level, property is consistently not registered and advertised properly because exactly what public registries do is advertise property on behalf of a person or entity. As for the public sector, the premises owned by the republican, regional or municipal governments must be cleared so that they can invest in these premises, because this is one of the requirements that public investment projects obviously require,” he said. concluded.