No pressure. businesswoman karelim lopez was denounced by four congressmen from Acción Popular, alleged members of the group ‘Los Niños’by the alleged crimes of disobedience to authority, refusal to collaborate with justice and slanderous denunciationestablished in articles 368, 371 and 402 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
parliamentarians Ilyich Lopez, Raul Doroteo, George Flowers Y darwin espinoza argue that the —now— effective collaborator performs “a series of absolutely imprecise, generic and vague statements against themwhich are not consistent with the truth or with the requirements that a criminal complaint must have.”
Another point noted by the complainants is that Karelim López did not attend the citations up to four times scheduled by the prosecutionsame accusation is made against Zamir Villaverde Y Bruno Pachecoformer secretary of the Palace, who to date “have not provided their testimonial statements”, even though they were repeatedly rescheduled.
Lopez Arredondo was summoned to testify as a witness before the Illicit Enrichment and Constitutional Complaints Area of the Public Ministry the last October 27 in the case ‘The children‘. However, for the fourth time, she did not attend.
“She does not have the legal duty to testify, she has already fulfilled the collaboration with giving all the information to the Prosecutor’s Officewhich, by the way, in the case of ‘Los Niños’ the full collaboration has already ended”, he justified César Nakazaki, lawyer for Karelim Lópezto this wording.
The opening of the investigation against ‘Los Niños’, a group colluding in the crime of criminal organization to win works with the State in coordination with President Pedro Castillo and the former ministers John Silva Y Geiner Alvaradobegan with the testimony of Karelim López, who highlighted the participation of the acciopopulistas in the tenders in the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC).
According to the businesswoman in February of this year, ‘Los Niños’ (Elvis Vergara and Juan Carlos Mori are also included) would have made themselves available to Pedro Castillo, obeying his orders and voting against the vacancy motions in exchange for benefits .
Prosecutor’s Office can compel to testify “by degree or force”
Karelim López, together with her lawyer César Nakazaki, giving her statement on the investigation against Pedro Castillo in Congress. Photo: Congress.
Almost nine months have passed since karelim lopez went with his lawyer César Nakazaki to the office of the prosecutor specializing in money laundering Luz Taquire Reynosoin order to qualify for the effective collaboration.
López said she was the operator of Zamir Villaverde to negotiate tenders in the TCM. In addition, he affirmed that, during the time that he remained in Pedro Castillo’s environment, was a direct witness to the perpetration of a series of crimes and the preparations for the head of state can pay off his alleged debts to businessmen in exchange for his 2021 election campaign.
Nakazaki told The Republic that “at the time the Prosecutor’s Office will announce who the builders are, what happened to the officials they wanted to name, among other revelations. However, the collaborator has not yet presented evidence.
For Andy Carrionthe prosecution “can force her (Karelim López) to testify or appear for a statement”. The criminalist refers that, according to the criminal code, the prosecutor can summon the witness by degree or force in order to provide and corroborate her statement.
“What is not doing the prosecution it is force her to testify because she understands that she is collaborating with the investigation procedures. The collaboration of karelim lopez It has not been approved before a judge and, therefore, we cannot say that everything she has collaborated with has been corroborated,” the lawyer explained to this newspaper.
In May, prosecutor Luz Taquire accepted that peter castle declare as witness in writing in the investigation to corroborate the statement of Karelim López. Taquire put 61 questions to the head of state, who was mortified when asked if he was leading a criminal organization from Palace.
Karelim López could be sued for defamation, according to lawyer
According to a statement by Karelim López, Bruno Pacheco coordinated with Pedro Castillo irregular tenders in the MTC. Photo: composition/The Republic
Based on the regulation of Legislative Decree No. 1301, referred to in the Penal Code, in articles 472 and following, it is established that the effective collaborator “is the person who is subject, or not, to an investigation that has dissociated himself from criminal activity and presents or accepts the prosecutor’s proposal to provide useful information, seeking to obtain benefits”.
Carrión added to this analysis that the rule establishes that the information given by the effective collaborator “must be reliable, of high quality and above all that it has been possible to reach the discovery of these facts”.
The lawyer pointed out that the Prosecutor’s Office, in cases of karelim lopez Y Zamir Villaverdegrants them “precautionary benefits” by not asking, for example, preventive detention against López and Villaverde change their condition to appearance due to restrictions.
Andy Carrion differs from Nakazaki’s position, who ensures that his sponsored “does not have to present evidence” and what is he Public ministry the entity in charge of proving the statements “and not the collaborator”.
“A collaborator cannot provide false information. If a collaborator lies, This may be the product of a complaint against him for generic falsehood, slanderous complaint, procedural fraud. A series of crimes can be opened that can go against the collaborators, “says Carrión.
César Nakazaki, for his part, affirms that karelim lopez He no longer has citations in the Prosecutor’s Office and that “he has already complied with giving all the information he had.” Now it is in the hands of justice to continue the process with the statements of the businesswoman, who, according to her lawyer, continues with a preliminary investigation.
