Peru: 3 Ex-Police Officers Convicted For Extrajudicial Murders
Published 3 March 2022
On Wednesday, Peruvian justice ordered 35 years in prison against three former police officers who were members of the "The Death Squad" organization, which perpetrated 30 extrajudicial executions between 2012 and 2015.
The accused officers are Raul Prado, Carlos Llanto, and Williams Castaño, who alleged that their victims died in successful military operations against criminal gangs to obtain promotions. Justice ordered their immediate location and capture since they remain fugitive.
“Being intelligence agents gave them the perfect facade to move around the country undercover,” prosecutor Alvaro Rodas said, stressing that the criminal group committed murders in Piura, Chiclayo, Trujillo, Lima, and Chincha cities.
In Piura, for instance, they murdered four criminals on Feb. 27, 2015, by summoning them to go to Los Bancos Park to commit an alleged robbery against an entrepreneur who had to buy a house in that area.
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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-3-Ex-Police-Officers-Convicted-For-Extrajudicial-Murders-20220303-0009.html
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Google translation:
Former members of the Police sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 'death squad' case
According to the prosecution, the 'death squad' was a group of police officers and non-commissioned officers who were dedicated to extrajudicially executing alleged criminals in false operations.
Lima, 03/02/2022 07:14 pm
The Judiciary issued 35 years in prison against former members of the National Police Raúl Prado Ravines, Carlos Llanto Ponce and Williams Castaño Martínez for being perpetrators of the crime of aggravated homicide in the case called 'death squad'.
In a publication on Twitter, the Judiciary detailed that the Fourth National Collegiate Criminal Court also sentenced Luis Zúñiga and Francisco Arévalo to 26 years and 6 months in prison; and 21 years and 6 months to Irwin Castillo, Horacio Cruz, Eileeen Yovera, Elmer Carrasco, Gubbins Fiestas, among others, for being co-authors of the aforementioned crime.
Likewise, the court imposed the amount of S/400,000 in favor of the relatives of the victims as civil compensation for those sentenced for qualified homicide.
According to investigations by the prosecution, the 'death squad' was an illegal group, made up of officers and non-commissioned officers of the National Police and led by PNP commander Raúl Prado Ravines, who was dedicated to extrajudicially executing alleged criminals to gain promotions. and decorations within the police institution.
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https://peru.com/actualidad/noticias/poder-judicial-dicta-35-anos-de-carcel-a-exmiembros-de-la-policia-por-el-caso-escuadron-de-la-muerte-pnp-raul-prado-ravines-noticia/