Police reported that the arrest took place in San Miguel.
On Saturday night, Jaime Ulises Perla Flores was captured, accused of harassing Channel 10 journalist Wendy Hernández.
The National Civil Police (PNC) announced the arrest through its Twitter account and reported that Perla, who is a member of the ARENA party, was detained in San Miguel.
“We captured Jaime Ulises Perla Flores from the ARENA party for the crime of sexual harassment to the detriment of the Channel 10 journalist,” the institution published on its profile.
You may read: VIDEO: TSE Revokes Jaime Perla’s Accreditation Reported for Harassing Channel 10 Reporter During Control
„The crime of sexual harassment is provided and sanctioned in art. 165 of the Criminal Code. This crime took place when the journalist reported live from a capital hotel about the final control of the 2021 elections “, added the Police.
The prosecutor’s office reported that the arrest had been issued since March 9 and during this time they were working to locate Pearl.
The incident took place on Sunday, March 7, when the communicator made a live report on the final control and came to interview Perla.
The TSE revoked Perla’s credentials hours later, and the communicator filed a lawsuit with the Attorney General’s Office.
The crime of sexual harassment is provided and sanctioned in art. 165 of the Criminal Code. Photo screenshot
This was the second case of sexual harassment that took place during the final examination of the last elections, the first was that of Roberto Silva against MP Karina Sosa and former parliamentary candidate Daniela Genovez, both from FMLN.
Silva was sent to prison for the crime of violence against him and was given an initial hearing on March 12. He is also on trial for the crimes of illegal dissemination of information, harassment through information technology, as reported by the Prosecutor’s Office.
We recommend: Roberto Silva, pro Bukele activist, will be heard for attacking two former FMLN candidates
The trial has entered the investigation, so the detainee will remain in prison while the Public Ministry continues with the investigations.
Silva, who runs a YouTube channel whose content is linked to Nayib Bukele’s government and the New Ideas (NI) party, was chosen by the victims for “their defamation and violent attacks against them.”
The events took place in a hotel in San Salvador, where the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) conducted the final review of the February 28 legislative and municipal elections. Silva entered the hotel with an accreditation in which he identified himself as an employee of Radio El Salvador.
“On this day, we obtained a historic resolution in El Salvador. A resolution that sets a precedent, a precedent in which we must work in the country to eradicate violence against women, “said the prosecutor in the case.
You can read: The Assembly rejects acts of political violence against women during elections
He indicated that the Prosecutor’s Office had been able to prove with documentary, expert and testimonial evidence the “existence of the offenses” attributed to the accused.
“With this evidence, the judge ordered the formal arrest with the precautionary measure of provisional arrest,” he added.