Amazonas: Senior Judge Outrageously Abuses His Colleague During Public Hearing

Luis Torrejón, superior judge of the Superior Court of Amazonas, was involved in a controversy over the ill-treatment he had with a female judge. The conversation was recorded as the events occurred during a virtual public hearing. The audience was developed by the emblematic case of Major César Bazán who disappeared in the so-called Devil's Curve in the Baguazo.

The lawyer, who graduated from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, was quite tough with the qualifications given to his colleague. Here are some excerpts from the conversations they held in front of other lawyers and prosecutors.

“You have accepted a high office without knowing how to read or write. Defend yourself. Stop mentioning my name,” were some phrases from the magistrate. When the judge dares to draw her attention, Torrejón responds: “Shut your mouth, you are my inferior. You are not going to attract my attention,” he said angrily.

The prosecutor and the other party's lawyers, present at the hearing, decided to raise their voices of protest at the outrageous events. “Doctor, we stand in solidarity with you as a woman and a lawyer, because we don't deserve that treatment.” “Equally, solidarity with you, no magistrate or any lawyer, deserves that treatment,” he added.

INITIATE ACTIONS

The Office of Control of the Judiciary of the Judiciary (OCMA) decided to take action in the matter. Supreme Judge Mariem de La Rosa Bedriñana initiated control actions against Judge Luis Alberto Torrejón Rengifo, senior judge of the Criminal Appeals Chamber and Liquidadora Criminal Court of Bagua - Amazonas Superior Court of Justice.

The head of OCMA, when she became aware, through a news article, of the alleged functional misconduct that Judge Luis Alberto Torrejón Rengifo would have assumed during a public hearing, the terms of which are contained in the audio and video of public knowledge, ordered that the 'Special Prevention Unit of the OCMA ', take over the conduct of the investigation.

It should be noted that, once the ruling of the substantiating judge in charge of the investigation has been made, it will be made public immediately.

ABOUT EL BAGUAZO

On June 5, 2009, in the context of the Bagua conflict, the so-called Bagua massacre, also called Baguazo, occurred in the vicinity of the town of El Reposo, next to the cities of Bagua and Bagua Grande, in Amazonas. According to official information from the government of Alan García, the confrontation resulted in 33 people dead (23 policemen and 10 natives) and one missing person.

These events were carried out as part of the eviction of approximately 5,000 native Aguarunas, Huambisas and other Amazonian ethnic groups, along with many inhabitants of the nearby cities of Jaén (department of Cajamarca), Bagua and Bagua Grande (department of Amazonas) who were blocking the Fernando Belaúnde highway Terry 55 days which caused shortages of fuel, gas and food to the departments of Amazonas, Cajamarca, San Martín and Loreto.

Two years ago, the Transitional Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice decided by a majority to acquit a group of 53 natives who participated in the events of the Baguazo. According to the judge's statement, indigenous rights to land and prior consultation were violated with the enactment of Decrees 1090, 1064, 1015 and others.

It also states that these regulations provide guidelines for the recognition and protection of the rights of native peoples, and that there should be no force or coercion that violates their human rights and fundamental freedoms.

It should be recalled that the natives were accused of committing the crimes of impeding the operation of public services, riots, riots and illegal possession of firearms.

The Supreme Chamber obtained the four favorable votes necessary to render the acquittal decision, against three that ruled for declaring the trial null and void.

Among those acquitted are Alberto Pizango, Chota, Santiago Manuín Valera, Joel Shimpukat Atsasua, Leo Timias Tananta, Hector Requejo Longinote, Ronal Requejo Jima, José Chale Romero, Juan Clever Jimenez Quintana, Rufino Singuan Maric, among others.

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