Peru: These are the crimes for which Vladimiro Montesinos serves time in prison

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14:25 | Lima, Aug. 25.

Vladimiro Montesinos is serving time in prison for various crimes committed during the time he served as former advisor to Alberto Fujimori's Government (1990-2000).

The accumulation of condemnatory sentences against the formal presidential advisor will see him spending more than 30 years in prison.

The former head of the country's Intelligence Service has been deprived of liberty since 2001, after he was captured in Venezuela and returned to Peru. Therefore, he has undergone actual imprisonment for 20 years.

Corruption of officials, conspiracy, enforced disappearance, aggravated homicide, money laundering, arms trafficking, and usurpation of public office, are some of the crimes for which he was sentenced to imprisonment.

Usurper of public office and human rights violator

The first ruling against him came in 2002, when he was sentenced by the Judiciary to nine years in prison for the crime of usurpation of public office, as he held a position for which he was never officially appointed: presidential advisor and head of the country's Intelligence Service.

The cases for which he received the most severe sentences have to do with human rights violations.

One of them was the killings at Barrios Altos and El Santa, as well as the murder of journalist Pedro Yauri, for which he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. In this case, he was charged with the crimes of enforced disappearance and murder.

Montesinos was also sentenced to 25 years in prison for the disappearance of three people and for burning their bodies in the basement of the Intelligence Service premises in the Army.

Montesinos transferred to Ancon II prison

The President of the Republic Pedro Castillo on Wednesday morning reported that Vladimiro Montesinos was transferred to Ancon II Prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.

"No person deprived of liberty will get a privileged treatment or will be allowed to get by the security at prisons to continue committing crime, under the Bicentennial Government," the Head of State wrote on Twitter.

Update at 6:08 p.m. (local time): Justice Minister Anibal Torres has reported that Vladimiro Montesinos was transferred to Ancon I Prison to continue serving his sentence.

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Publicado: 25/8/2021