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PNP Colonel Harvey Colchado was seen patrolling the streets of the Lima area in San Isidro.
The colonel of the National Police, Harvey Colchado, is the former head of the The Division for the Investigation of Highly Complex Crimes (DIVIAC), He was seen this morning walking on the bridge Av. Javier Prado, on the border of the Lima district of San Isidro and Lince.
As is known, Colonel Colchado, who was also the commander of the special police team to support the Effectivewas separated from Diviac, in April of this year, by order of Inspector General of the National Policefor alleged “serious” and “very serious” offences.
In a short interview with RPPthe aforementioned PNP officer indicated that he was merely following orders in that position.
“I cannot give statements to any media, because I do not have authorization from my command; However, here I am, on the pedestrian bridge on Av. Javier Prado with the Expressway because there are demonstrations because of the 72-hour strike, and the Police tend to comply with these provisions because we all have to support,. and I follow orders”, he expressed.
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When asked about the case of Harvey Colchado, the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, declared that he had no “interference” with the aforementioned Police colonel being involved in patrol work on foot.
“As Home Minister, I have no interference in the distribution or assignment of positions in the PNP. Under constitutional mandate this is a power exclusively of the General Command of the PNP, and currently all officers are supporting and assisting, strategically, in the execution of the Marea Verde operation plan,” he said.
Likewise, he declared that this was due to the actions deployed during the state of emergency that controls 13 districts of Lima City and one of Callao.
“This is a provision under which the PNP High Command took assignments and reassignments and it is within its jurisdiction to establish the command posts that each officer must develop during that period. state of emergency” he pointed out.
It is worth noting that Santiváñez Antúnez sent a notated letter to Colonel Colchado last June demanding that he correct some alleged statements he made to the media that would damage his reputation. This is within the framework of the questions asked by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the administration Divine.
“I have learned through various media outlets that your person (Harvey Colchado) accuses me of being in his capacity as Minister of Interior after imputing false facts to him which I reject in their concerns; however, I must state that as a professional lawyer or “As a public official, I always act according to the law (…) I ask you the versions you made against me which amount to the insignificant commission of the crime of defamation, ” he said.
“I grant you that within 24 hoursas soon as this letter has been communicated to me to show me what those facts are and the means of communication that would be used to reveal them,” he said.
Harvey Colchado was the leader of the DiviacSource: Andina
In this regard, Colonel Harvey Colchado, through another notarized letter, responded to Santiváñez asking, “within 24 hours, that you specify the exact content of my statements that you consider defamatory, making a transcription of these ” with the purpose of making an “answer”. him.
Likewise, he asked him, in the letter dated June 28, that he as Minister of the Interior “coordinate the appropriate authorization with the corresponding police commanders” so that he can “answer publicly.”
It should be noted that Miguel Pérez Arroyo, a lawyer of Harvey Colchadohe said during an interview i RPP that his sponsor asked his Presidency several days ago to allow him to answer charges against him, but so far “he is not allowed.”
It is worth noting that the Public Ministry considers Harvey Colchado as a witness in the preliminary investigation being carried out against the Minister of the Interior, Juan José Santiváñez, for alleged abuse of authority.