Peru's Judicial Branch issued a search notice and an international arrest warrant against ex-Supreme Court Judge Cesar Hinostroza, following a preventive detention request by the Public Ministry.
Introduced on Wednesday night, the measure shall be implemented by the Prosecutor's Office in coordination with the National Police and Interpol, the Judiciary informed via Twitter.
The decision was taken by Preparatory Investigation Court Supreme Judge Hugo Nuñez.
According to Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva, the ex-judge left the Inca country through a border control point in the north in an illegal and clandestine manner on October 7.
Hinostroza reached Ecuador through the border town of Huaquillas, evading migration controls. Then, he headed to Guayaquil, from where he flew to Amsterdam using an ordinary passport.
The dismissed judge's final destination was the Spanish city of Madrid.
Case
Cesar Hinostroza is implicated in
a series of audio recordings released by Panorama TV show and investigative journalism site IDL-Reporteros.
In the conversations, the former judge offers and accepts favors to and from National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) members and other officials.
According to statements contained in one audio recording, Hinostroza had allegedly negotiated —with an unknown caller— the application of a mild punishment against a child rapist.
On October 4, Peruvian Congress approved that Hinostroza be dismissed, banned from holding public office for 10 years, and accused of organized crime involvement.
He was also accused of allegedly committing the crimes of illegal sponsorship, influence peddling, and incompatible negotiation.
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Published: 10/18/2018