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Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office Asked the Ombudsman’s Office for Details on Actions Linked to Guillermo Bermejo
The request was sent to Ombudsman Josué Gutiérrez to determine whether the intervention before the Supreme Court responded to a request from the former congressman or to an institutional initiative. The presence of the prosecutor’s office was also requested at the hearing scheduled for October 2.
The Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office urgently requested that the Ombudsman’s Office report whether Guillermo Bermejo initiated any procedure before that institution to seek an intervention on his behalf before the Supreme Court, according to El Comercio.
According to that outlet, the request was addressed to Ombudsman Josué Gutiérrez by anti-terrorism prosecutor Milko Ruiz. The aim is to determine whether the Ombudsman’s action in the former congressman’s case responded to an express request from Bermejo or whether it was a decision taken by the institution itself.
El Comercio recalled that the Ombudsman’s Office had asked the Supreme Court for explanations over the delay in processing a motion for annulment filed by Bermejo. Later, on September 1, the supreme court set the appeal hearing for October 2.
According to the newspaper, the Prosecutor’s Office also asked that, if there was a filing by Bermejo before the Ombudsman’s Office, a copy of the supporting documentation be sent, the nature of the request be specified, and the internal procedure that prompted the agency’s action be detailed.
In addition, the Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office requested accreditation before the Supreme Court to take part in the hearing and informed the Public Ministry of the summons for the oral hearing, asking that a prosecutor attend. In that vein, El Comercio said the request was sent to Supreme Prosecutor Gilmer Robinson Jara Vergara, of the First Supreme Prosecutor’s Office in Criminal Matters.
Still according to El Comercio, the Prosecutor’s Office argued that the prosecutor’s presence is necessary because this is an emblematic case of national interest. The outlet added that the supreme prosecutor’s office had already issued an opinion stating that the sentence should not be annulled.
Bermejo was sentenced in October 2025 to 15 years in prison for affiliation with Sendero Luminoso. The ruling states that he was part of that organization between 2008 and 2009, that he was known as Comrade “Che,” and that he went to camps in the Vraem, where he allegedly held meetings with Víctor Quispe Palomino and Jorge Quispe Palomino, in addition to receiving training and indoctrination, according to what was published by El Comercio.
The former congressman filed a motion for annulment that was referred in January 2026 to the supreme court. He is currently serving his sentence at the Ancón I prison.
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