The prosecutor’s office requested the preliminary detention of Martha Huatai, a lawyer associated with Sendero Luminoso.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade demanded preventive prison against Martha Huatai Ruiza lawyer associated with the Sendero Luminoso terrorist organization for the alleged crime of aggravated terrorism to the detriment of the state.

He request It was specifically formulated by a second supra-provincial criminal prosecutor specializing in human rights, intercultural relations and crimes of terrorism.

After that, the tax request was sent to Seventh National Preparatory Court of Inquirywhich is in the hands of a judge Soledad Barrueto Guerrero.

The justice of the peace determined that the claim would be considered in virtual auditorium, which will take place next Thursday, 23 February, starting at 09:00 and will be attended by interested parties.

Similar judge Barrueto notified Huatai Ruiz to appoint, within 48 hours, a lawyer of her free choice to represent her in court. virtual audience.

Note that 77-year-old Martha Huatai was released on October 16, 2017 after serving a 25-year sentence. jail which was imposed on him for the crime of terrorism while he was part of the Socorro Popular, the group responsible for the legal defense of the detained Senderists and the organization of protests and attacks are committed in our country from 1980 to 1990.

The year of its release, in 2017. prosecution filed a new case against Huatai for his alleged involvement in a car bomb attack on a building on Tarata Street in Miraflores that killed 25 people.

The case was filed in 2022, and in the same year, an anti-terrorism lawyer, Milko Ruiz, asked to become a civilian actor in the process. At the end of the year, the judiciary recognized the petition as justified.

Ruiz pointed out that Oscar Alberto Ramírez Durán, alias “Feliciano”, confirmed to prosecutors that Marta Huatai must have known about the attack on Tarata Street due to her status as the person in charge of Socorro Popular.

Who is Martha Huatai?

Marta Huatai (La Libertad, 1943) was the leader of the Socorro Popular de shining path. Left in October 2017 Ancon II prisonafter compliance 25 years prison for terrorism aggravated. According to the author Abimael. trace of terror Humberto Hara, Huatai He is a character involved in numerous attacks.

Fellow “Rose” was arrested in October 1992 and is credited with being a member of Socorro Popular. According to the police, this organization was entrusted with the functions of planning, developing, executing, supervising and evaluating terrorist actions. Shining Path.

According to the Truth Commission report, in 1986 Sendero Luminoso began a series of selective assassinations targeting political, military, police, and civilians or authorities. Humberto Jara stated that Martha Huatai He was behind many of these attacks.

“She was the author or participant in some of these attacks: the death of Rear Admiral of the Navy Alberto Ponce; ENCI director Rodrigo Franco Montes; Lima Caucho chairman Antonio Rosales Durán, who, along with two security officers and their driver, was booby-trapped; former Minister of Labor Orest Rodriguez; Pachacamac Mayor Paul Juan Poblet Linda,” he explained.

The journalist also said that, in addition to selective killings, Socorro Popular attacked public and private individuals with explosives. “We are talking about a character who participated in a number of criminal and bloody attacks between 1988 and 1998, which were carried out quite brutally.”