Inti and Brian: relatives will demand annulment of the Inspectorate’s report, which exonerates eleven investigators

Relatives of Inti Sotelo and Brian Pintado criticized the report this Wednesday General Inspectorate of the PNP that acquitted 11 officers investigating the death of young people. Due to this, they have announced that a cancellation of the process will be requested as they believe it has been resolved.

“Having this type of protection normalizes and tries to send a signal to society. That is, the violence is normalized and that young people can be killed when they go out to exercise their right to protest, and this cannot be allowed,” said Oscar Pintado, father of Brian, in the program no turns from RPP news.

Brian Pintado’s father interrogated the Inspectorate for covering up the wrong facts about what happened on the march. From my side, Pacha SoteloInti’s brother, criticized the lack of Congressional response to the death of his relatives, as well as the fact that they were allegedly accused of persecution by politicians and the press.

oscar drawn He pointed out that there was no full scene of the day his son died, nor was the policeman who shot him identified, but he indicated that even if there was, the police would deny it.

“We don’t have an accurate picture (of who shot) that the cameras stopped working that day or focused on something else. All that remains for us is for the investigative actions to continue and as a result of this they end up betraying each other and putting pressure on each other,” he said.

For his part, Pacha Sotelo said that there are images of the murder of his brother and that with prosecution They will go after the intellectual author of the crime, which will be the colonel who gave the order to shoot the non-commissioned officers.

“Yes, there is footage of my brother’s death. He was carrying only his bomb disposal drum, he was wearing a helmet and a glove. He was standing at the intersection of Lampa and Pierola streets. Police, shotguns, with pellets, but in a conversation with the prosecutor, she told me, that they are receiving orders. Let it be clear that the police are shooting because they feel like it, they cannot identify the criminal, but they go after the intellectual, in this case the colonel is the prosecution, ”he explained.

All are justified

This Wednesday it became known that 11 officers under investigation General Inspectorate of Police of their alleged responsibility for the deaths of young Inti Sotelo and Brian Pintado during the November 14, 2020 protests against the regime of Manuel Merino, they were acquitted of the charges against them.