Paita: Pretrial detention for police who shot and killed his colleague

The judge of the Paita Emergency Preparatory Investigation Court, Pamela Martínez Requena, issued nine months of pre-trial detention against Lieutenant Manuel Rivas Polar, who was investigated for the alleged crime of qualified homicide following the death of his partner, non-commissioned officer Luis Oswaldo Benítez Borjas. The tragic event occurred on Friday afternoon, January 24, at the PNP Police Station in La Huaca, Paita province, when Riv…