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A former Peruvian police officer from the so-called Death squaddetained in Spain and accused of thirteen completed murders and three attempted murders between 2012 and 2013, this Friday he refused to be extradited to his country and claimed to have been a victim of political persecution by authorities at the time related to the terrorist group. Luminous Path.
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On the contrary, the Spanish Public Ministry does not see that there is such a political motivation in the demand and was in favor of its delivery after checking whether the necessary requirements have been met.
This was stated by both parties at the hearing held in National audience Spain will decide whether the extradition of Luís Alberto MMwho was arrested on September 29, 2022 in the city of Guadalajara (Center of Spain) due to an international arrest warrant issued by a Peruvian court in 2019.
To oppose extradition, the former police officer invoked “the risk” yours “integrity” and also the family roots he has in Spainwhere he lives with his wife, children and a grandson since he arrived, around ten years ago, without having been the target of “no legal action”as highlighted.
He said he decided to move to Spain -who arrived, as he stated, through the airport and informing the consulate- after suffering attacks in Perú, given its status as “member of Police Intelligence”. This situation led him, according to his version, to ask for his retirement from the Police to “live in peace”.
As for the complaint itself, he claimed that he is not accused of killing anyone directly, but that the aim is to arrest him. “so that the Public Ministry can reach an agreement and I can say that those authorities killed those people”.
In this regard, he maintained that behind this alleged political persecution were people linked to Luminous Pathwhich, as he explained, “It is a terrorist gang like the one that suffered Spain a few years ago,” refering to HEC.
In the report supporting the handover, the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office informs that the defendant was allegedly a member of an alleged criminal organization “encysted”in the National Police of Peru, created in 2010, to which these murders are attributed.
This organization, he adds, acted when Luís Alberto MM “He was part of the General Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior carrying out intelligence work” but depending on a command.
According to the complaint, he was in charge of selecting the location where the simulated police operation would be carried out and implement the strategy designed by the organization’s leaders.
Specifically, renting vehicles and rooms at nearby hotels for full control of the victim’s activities and prepare intelligence documentation that would justify the existence of a criminal gang object of the simulated police operation.
In addition, it had the function of forming operational groups “for mingle among the population of the area where the simulated operation would be carried out.”
Source: Elcomercio
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