Yoon Suk Yeol, the ousted president of South Korea, was arrested for applying martial law

Police of South Korea stopped this Tuesday night (Argentine time) at President Yoon Suk Yeol who had been removed from office following his brief imposition of martial law in December.

In a recorded video message Before being escorted to the headquarters of an anti-corruption agency, Yoon lamented that “the rule of law has completely collapsed in this country,” but noted that he was complying with the arrest warrant to avoid confrontations between police officers and the presidential security service.

It was possible to see a series of black SUV trucks some equipped with sirens, leaving the presidential complex accompanied by police escorts. A vehicle apparently carrying Yoon later arrived at the Corruption Investigation Office for Senior Officials in the nearby city of Gwacheon.

Yoon went taken into custody approximately three hours after hundreds of police entered the residential complex on its second attempt to stop him for his imposition of martial law last month.

Yoon’s lawyers tried to persuade researchers of not carrying out the arrest warrant, saying that the South Korean president would voluntarily appear for questioning. However, the proposal was not accepted.

Police officers, according to local authorities, did not encounter significant resistance from presidential security forces as they approached Yoon’s residence and there were currently no reports of clashes.

More than thousand anti-corruption investigators and police officers could have participated in the operation to apprehend Yoon, who had been refugee in Hannam-dong residence in the capital, Seoulfor weeks while He promised to “fight until the end.” against efforts to remove him.

President Yoon, 63 years old and with low popularity numbers, surprised the country by announcing the imposition of martial law on the night of December 3 and sending the army to Parliament to prevent deputies from meeting.

The president, engaged in a struggle with the opposition over the budget, accused his political rivals of behaving like “anti-state forces,” and said that he sought with this extreme measure to protect the country from the “threats” of the communist regime of South Korea. North.

The decision sparked a movement of indignation, with thousands of protesters immediately mobilizing and confronting the military at the gates of Parliament.