14N: The Inti Sotelo family will denounce the state before the IACHR for a report that exonerates Manuel Merino.

November 14, 2020, during mass mobilizations across the country against the government of Manuel Merino, who took office after the vacancy of the then president. Martin VizcarraInti Sotelo and Brian Pintado died, allegedly due to heavy police crackdown.

Two years after the events, the victims’ next of kin say the state “obstructed” the investigation. In this regard, they referred to the approval of the report by Congressman Alejandro Cavero, which recommended filing a constitutional complaint by the prosecution against Merino and his former ministers Antero Flores-Araos and Gastón Rodríguez in connection with the events.

Complaint against the state

Carlos Riverafamily lawyer Inti Sotelo, have announced that they will file a complaint against the state in Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)during this week, for the “impunity” of the approval of the report cave.

In this sense, he said that “there is enough evidence” for an international court to test the responsibility of the state in the light of the facts indicated.

“In such an obvious case, when there is so much documentary and witness evidence, it is very likely that the court will issue a ruling condemning the Peruvian state, and this will mean the start of an investigation. merino and ex-ministers,” he told the newspaper Republic.

He also explained that IACHRAfter considering the case, he can “make a statement and make recommendations” to reopen the investigation against Manuel Merino and his former ministers.

On the same line Killa Sotelo, Sister Inti confirmed that her family would go to the said supranational authority.

“There are two processes that have been opened. What for high-ranking officials, unfortunately, today Congress and that, in particular, cave and the company filed it. In Peru, we no longer have justice, but we are going to apply to international instances. We are preparing a complaint for public review. IACHRto be heard,” he told the newspaper Popular.

It should be noted that the preliminary investigation into the aggravated murder case against the defendants in the case of high-ranking officers and police officers was paralyzed for 4 months after the start in October 2021.

Cavero: The prosecutor’s office did not provide evidence

After the approval of the report cave on the Subcommittee on Constitutional Charges Congress, this July, parliamentarian, in dialogue with RPP Newspointed out that the prosecutor’s office at the public hearing held in the subcommittee “failed to present a single piece of evidence to conclude that the police were responsible for the killings inti D Brianand “command order of the President of the Republic”.

” Public service He says, “The police would have done it, but what is the evidence?” he answered questions about his report.

Mentioning reports prosecution and minter Regarding the events that took place in November 2020, Cavero questioned, stating that there is no evidence that the police used a lead shot.

“Glass marbles, which were found on several of the wounded, are absolutely incompatible with police hunting rifles,” he commented.

In this sense, he stated that the investigation is ongoing because there are 11 police officers who will continue the investigation, but that “it has not been proven that there was an order from the president.” [Manuel Merino]”.

“It seems to me perfectly normal that such an official as Flores Araos tell the police you are with them,” he said of a 2020 video showing the former prime minister supporting the police in the context of the protests.