INPE demanded the separation of prison guards accused of human trafficking at Carquin Huacho Prison.

The National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) issued the ruling following a complaint against an alleged prostitution ring in the prison. Huachowhere they rejected any action related to human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Furthermore, they submitted that, after the relevant investigations, a preventive detention had been ordered against two members of the above-mentioned alleged criminal organization involved in human trafficking.

“Department of the Interior” INPE initiated an investigation and, according to the submitted report, it was found that two employees of the penitentiary system of the aforementioned prison did not comply with the established security rules and protocols, in connection with which a separation of their functions was requested.

They also reported that “inmates of the Huacho prison who were involved in the incident were transferred to different prisons in the country.” They added that the two students involved entered the prison “with false identities, including one with a sworn statement of de facto union in front of a magistrate.”

Prior to this, the entity recalled the operation carried out by the PNP, during which they found these two 17-year-olds with entry stamps on their hands in the Huacho prison.

In this regard, INPE stated that it rejects any action related to crimes related to human trafficking and exploitation; For their part, they said they were in talks with the Ministries for Women and Vulnerable Groups, the Ministry of Justice, the Peruvian National Police and the National Directorate of Migration.

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Recall that on Wednesday, October 26, the judiciary appointed a preventive detention for 18 months to a man and a woman, citizens of Venezuela, accused of forcing seven minors into prostitution in the Karkin prison, in the city of Huacho, in the province of Huaura, the prosecutor’s office said.

Regional Prosecutor for Criminal Cases Joseph Anthony Silva upheld the elements of a guilty verdict for the crime of “trafficking in the form of sexual exploitation” against Kelvin Almarza D Fanniber Perez for the preservation of teenagers, also Venezuelan citizenship.

The prosecutor explained that the purpose of Almarza and Pérez was to take them to the Karkin prison in Huacho (a city near Lima) to prostitute the prisoners, passing them off as their partners and with forged documents as adults.

This human trafficking network has been dismantled National Police and prosecution during the intervention in the El Rosal brothel in the city of Huaral, where seven people were arrested, including Almarza and Perez.