The Second National Criminal Court of Appeals confirmed the order of preventive detention against Arturo Cardenas Tovar, alias ‘Pinturita’, right-hand man of the founder of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, and who remains included in the list of the most wanted for his alleged participation in the criminal network The Dynamics of the Center. For any information that allows its capture, S / 80 thousand is offered.
However, while declaring Cárdenas’s appeal unfounded, the superior court also changed the order of preventive detention that weighed against Eduardo Bendezú Gutarra, another character investigated by a criminal organization close to Cerrón and known as ‘Esperancito’, by the restricted appearance measure. This, despite the fact that it was also found to be nonexistent.
The Prosecutor’s Office attributes to ‘Esperancito’ having been in charge of “influencing” the permanence and hiring of members of the criminal network within the Junín Regional Transportation Directorate, as can be seen from the telephone interceptions and testimonies of collaborators .
However, the magistrates of the court considered that in his case there were “deficiencies” in the accusation and annulled the arrest warrants issued against him, for which he was already withdrawn from the Rewards Program (he offered S / 50 thousand).
The resolution, to which you agreed Peru21, is dated November 26, but has just come to light. Among the rules of conduct established for Bendezú is the obligation not to be absent from the city of his residence, to appear every 30 days before the court, prohibition to communicate with his co-defendants through any means and to pay S / 20 thousand of surety.
Meanwhile, the Second National Criminal Appeals Chamber confirmed the preventive detention for Eduardo Reyes Salguerán, the fugitive former director of Transport and Communications of Junín; and it reduced the financial guarantee provided for Alejandro Rojas Benites from S / 20 thousand to S / 10 thousand.
This week, Peru21 revealed that before the postponed operation of Los Dinámicos del Centro, leaders of Peru Libre hired a computer specialist for S / 40,000 to delete information.