The OCMA initiates disciplinary proceedings against a judge under investigation due to the delay in establishing an obstacle for Sergio Tarache to leave the country

The Office of Magistracy Control (OCMA) initiated a disciplinary process against a judge who was under investigation for a delay in imposing a travel ban on Sergio Tarache Parra, a feminist Katherine Gomez and that he was finally caught in Colombia.

it’s about the judge Washington Esquerra Puente de la Vegaresponsible for the 20th Court of Inquiry of the High Court of Lima, which allegedly allowed “excessive delay” in issuing a ban on Sergio Tarache from leaving the country.

“The Office of Magistracy Control (…) has initiated disciplinary proceedings against Washington Judge Esquerra Puente de la Vega for his actions in the case of preventing the departure of Sergio Tarache Parra, the alleged femicide offender, from the country. Katherine Yolanda Gomez Marache,” they noted.

According to OCMA, Washington Esquerra it would have violated the due process guarantee “because it failed to comply with the binding legal doctrine that allowed for the direct adjudication – without a hearing – of a bar to leave the country” against Katherine Gomez’s femicide.

The previous investigation “concluded that there is sufficient evidence and reasonable elements of a conviction in relation to the commission of the unlawful act described,” the agency said in a statement.

The person responsible for the disciplinary procedure will be the doctor. Luis Enrique Chira Azcurra, Comptroller Judge of First Instance and member of the Investigation and Anti-Corruption Department of the OCMA.

Extradition of Sergio Tarache

Criminal lawyer and director of Demus, Cynthia Silva, believes that the extradition of Sergio Tarache should not be a lengthy process, as the conditions are suitable for a speedy process.

“In principle, it must be emphasized that all the necessary procedures must be advanced so that, in fact, this happens quickly. Although there are bilateral and inter-American agreements and instruments that can already provide all the conditions for extraditions, It is also very important to motivate and promote the political and legal will operators and officials of the Colombian state responsible for this decision,” he said.

“You don’t have to go through a lengthy process. This is an ordinary, serious crime, which, moreover, is pursued both in our country and in Colombia. In other words, all the conditions for extradition, which does not require further delay, are objectively met. He is with an open criminal investigation in our country, with sufficient elements for pre-trial detention, with which this person should be sent to our country in the near future,” he concluded.