five colonels of the National Police who were in the process of being evaluated to be promoted to the rank of general held interviews at the Government Palace with the president peter castle, former presidential secretary Bruno Pacheco and the head of Security of the Executive headquarters, Colonel PNP Wilberto Bernal Rabanal.
The five officers who had direct contact with the head of state’s personal heart after They managed to reach the rank of general of the National Police since January 1 of this year.
They are Enrique Goicochea Chunga, Roger Perez Figueroa, Nicasio Zapata Suclupe, Manuel Rivera Lopez Y Jorge Castillo-Vargas. The record of visits to the Government Palace confirms that the aforementioned officials did indeed hold meetings with Pedro Castillo, Bruno Pacheco and Wilberto Bernal, who have no relation to the promotion process.
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General Manuel Rivera Lopez. Photo: diffusion
behind closed doors
Bruno Pacheco and Wilberto Bernal are investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office for having pressured the former Commander General of the Air Force Jorge Chaparro Pinto for promotion to the general ledger FAP Edgar Briceno Cameroas La República reported at the time.
Now it turns out that during the promotion process in the National Police, the candidates Manuel Rivera and Nicasio Zapata met with Bruno Pacheco; Enrique Goicochea and Roger Pérez, with Colonel Wilberto Bernal; and Jorge Castillo Vargas, with President Pedro Castillo.
None of those mentioned has explained why in the days prior to promotions in the PNP these five colonels had meetings in the Palace and, coincidentally, later the head of state awarded them the rank of general of the National Police.
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Not only Bruno Pacheco and Wilberto Bernal have been singled out for trying to interfere with promotions. Also President Pedro Castillo himself. According to former Army Commander General Jose Vizcarra Alvarez, asked him to include officers who were close to him in the list of promotions. Vizcarra refused because Castillo’s recommendations did not qualify for the degree they wanted.
under the rug
But nevertheless, The PNP Inspector General’s Office decided to file the case for alleged “lack of evidence.”
The administrative-disciplinary report of the Investigations Department of the General Inspectorate, to which La República had access, concludes that there is no evidence of favoring or interference for the benefit of the visitors to the Government Palace: Enrique Goicochea Chunga, Roger Pérez Figueroa, Nicasio Zapata Suclupe, Manuel Rivera López and Jorge Castillo Vargas.
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Nicasio Zapata’s lawyer, Julio Ortiz, said that his client obtained the degree based on merit and qualification.
“There are no budgets to be able to determine that in the promotion process of General Officers-Promotion 2022, in which those investigated are included, they have benefited from promotion to the rank of general through influences or the payment of 25 thousand dollars”, reads the resolution of the disciplinary administrative report dated December 31, 2021, signed by the head of Administration of the National Police Welfare Directorate, Colonel PNP Jorge Perez Villanueva.
Precisely, the former deputy general commander of the PNP, Lieutenant General Javier Bueno, who was participating in the promotion process, last November asked to be retired after denouncing irregularities.
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was the general Xavier Good who said that among the aspiring colonels the version was circulating that they were paying bribes of US$ 25,000 to obtain the rank of general.
After the General Inspectorate filed the case mentioned by General Bueno, he reiterated his claims. In view of the Commission of Defense and Internal Order of the CongressBueno again mentioned interference in the promotion process and also the disbursement of bribes. Unlike the Inspectorate, the commission will investigate the facts.
Registered
The PNP Inspectorate filed the case of the unaccredited visits because the colonels held appointments at the Palace in the process of being promoted to the rank of general of the National Police.
List of admissions to the Palace. Photo: diffusion
