Lima Supreme Court: “We don’t know if Sergio Tarache crossed the border into Colombia legally or illegally”

Sergio Tarache Parra, accused of murdering Catherine Gomez, was detained by Colombian police last Tuesday evening. However, his extradition to our country to answer for this crime seems to be becoming a new obstacle on the path to restoring justice.

In turn, his arrival at Colombia This is also the subject of an investigation, given that the attack on his victim took place on March 18, and eleven days later, on the 29th of the same month, he was recently restricted from leaving Peru.

“We don’t know if he legally crossed the border or not”

ABOUT, Maria Vidal La Rosa Sanchezthe President of the Supreme Court of Lima, pointed out that it is still not clear whether the delay in imposing an obstacle to leaving the country was used by the defendant to settle in Colombia.

“We don’t have precision. We also do not know if he crossed the border legally or illegally,” he said in a statement. News Extension.

Similarly, the representative of the judiciary pointed out that prosecution He asked “immediately” for pre-trial detention Sergio Tarache and that there were several days “between” before the legal ban on leaving the homeland was issued.

“The prosecutor’s office has requested the provisional arrest of Tarache. immediately. What happened a few days before this person left the country became an obstacle to leaving,” he said.

“Currently, we already have this resource and, in addition, yesterday (Thursday) a preventive detention was ordered for 9 months”, he added.

In addition, he stressed that a disciplinary process has been launched against a judge who was slow to issue a travel ban against Tarache Parra.

“As for these two days of delay, OCMA He took action on the matter and opened disciplinary proceedings against the chief judge to verify the reason for the delay, and if he is found guilty, he will be sanctioned accordingly,” he said.

Prospects for extradition

As for the possible extradition of Sergio Tarache to our country, Vidal La Rosa-Sanchez indicated that this would also depend on political issues.

“We believe that this will largely depend on political will of the Government of Colombia (…) The judiciary, the Ministry of the Interior, the Prosecutor’s Office, and also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are working together, hoping that we can count on this man to reach Lima and that the responsible judge will act with all the strictness of the law. We guarantee this from the judiciary,” he stressed.

While he did not reveal details about the extradition process the country would follow “to ensure the confidentiality of the process,” he did say that the possibility of requesting the removal of the accused from Colombia could be ruled out.

“If we choose expulsion, and Colombia will expel this citizen, she will send him to her country, Venezuela. There is such a risk. So we should see other alternatives, but due to the confidentiality of the process, I would prefer not to specify what exactly it is,” he said.

In addition, the representative Power of attorney He said that his institution ensures that due process of justice is received.

“We, after scrutiny – since these cases must go through due process, otherwise they may be subject to constitutional action – we will comply with due process and, once guilt is admitted through the process, we will act to the fullest extent of the law. , ” He said.