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Sullana Court Orders Five Months of Preventive Detention in Alleged Explosives Case

The ruling reflects a finding of strong evidence with sufficient flight risk to hold the suspect during the probe.

Overview

  • A trial court that handles in‑flagrante cases in Sullana ordered five months of preventive detention for Carlos Paul Lloclla Cedano in a public‑safety case over hazardous materials.
  • Prosecutors had requested seven months, and the judge partially granted that after finding serious and well‑founded evidence tying him to the alleged crime.
  • Police say they stopped him at a house construction site, noted he wore worker clothes, reported he tried to run, and found two dynamite cartridges with a mechanical detonator and a fulminant in a search.
  • The court cited a prior eight‑year prison sentence on his record and the 6 to 15 year penalty range for the charged offense as factors that increase the risk of escape.
  • Under Peruvian law, preventive detention allows judges to jail a suspect during an investigation when they see a risk to public safety or flight, and this case proceeds under the Public Prosecutor with the Interior Ministry’s legal office as the aggrieved party.