National Attorney’s sister speaks out for criticizing Patricia Benavidez after Bersabet Revilla’s removal

One of the first decisions of the head of the public ministry, Patricia Benavidez, was to remove Chief Prosecutor Bersabet Revilla about the ongoing investigations into his sister, Judge Emma Benavidez, and other judges Board E of the National Criminal Chamber for the alleged crimes of bribery and unlawful association for the purpose of committing a crime in modality criminal organization.

Pedro Castillo’s government used this provision to redouble criticism of national Attorney, who presented more than a month ago constitutional complaint against a head of state for an alleged crime criminal organization.

Emma Benavidezthe current President of the Second Chamber for the Elimination of Criminal Offenses of the Supreme Court of Lima, gave an exclusive interview on Tuesday RPP News decide on this investigation against him.

AT Air RotaryEmma Benavidez denied that her sister’s location affected the investigation because, as she pointed out, prosecutors Alcides Chinchay D Ronald Kispe continue to lead the investigation after Bersabet Revilla was removed from the investigation on Tuesday, July 26, the day of her appointment interim chief prosecutor.

“The Attorney of the Nation has already clarified the points about her decision and I have nothing more to say. The investigation, to my knowledge, was not undermined at all. [porque] prosecutors Alcides Chinchay and Quispe, who are in charge of the case, continue to work. Both are investigating,” he said.

“We are in the preparatory stage and the prosecutor’s office will not have a single decision on the case, the decision will be made by the judge,” he added.

Although he declined to answer about the work of both prosecutors, Benavidez Vargas He described the progress of the investigation as “super-slow”, noting that “we already have five years of investigation”.

“[Sobre el desempeño de los fiscales] I could not answer because I am a judge, I am indebted to the judiciary, and the work of prosecutors is different. But in the case of this investigation, I can say that this is a very slow work, because we have five years of research. The judges demand that it be concluded immediately,” he said.

“What do I care about this?”

On the other hand, magistrate He said he did not understand why the public opinion sector and the executive branch used the investigation against him to criticize his sister, the national prosecutor, Patricia Benavidez.

For the judge Terrones Castle and his relatives use this statement in retaliation for constitutional complaint submitted by the head of the public ministry against the president.

“What do I have to do with this case between the Attorney of the Nation? Undoubtedly, this is because the Attorney of the Nation, in order to fulfill his constitutional duty, filed this constitutional complaint, and they are affected, and the only way to resolve this issue. [la investigación]giving him media intervention to discredit,” he questioned.

“I think that gentlemen, the political authorities, what they should do is hire a lawyer, know the tax business well, in order to give the public opinion a well-founded and accurate opinion,” he added.

In this sense Judge Emma Benavidez He warned that if these accusations, which he called “false” and “malicious”, continued, he would take legal action.

“From now on, if I see someone [o] authorities, whatever it is, makes a mistake that distorts and misrepresents my identity, I will have to start taking legal action against people who do not report correctly,” he noted.

What are the claims against the prosecutor general’s sister?

According to the portal document Epicenter.TV, the alleged crimes attributed to Emma Benavidez are passive bribery and illegal conspiracy to commit a crime. In addition, in September 2021, the prosecutor Bersabet Revilla received Power of attorney will dictate a comparison with the restrictions on Benavidez until September 2023 and the payment of a bond of 50,000 soles.

According to Republica Emma Benavidez He is accused of taking bribes in exchange for the release of suspected drug-traffickers, including Roberto Gomez Errara, nicknamed “Uevo”, who Interpol considers one of the top leaders of international drug trafficking. Lopez Quispe also appears, whom the police suspected of being the biggest cocaine collector in Vraem.

In addition, a former PNP Major Hilario Manuel Rosales Sanchez also condemned Emma Benavidez. In this sense, he said that when he was detained for participation in the criminal organization “La Cruz de Piura”, in March 2014 a lawyer approached him and said that he came from a judge under the pseudonym “Professor”, the same that and in his hands the decision of your appeal.