The coordinator of the Money Laundering Prosecutor’s Office, Raphael Velawill support this Wednesday, December 28, the request for preventive detention against the owner of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, who is being investigated for using illicit money to finance the activities of his political party.
Last November, Judge John Pillaca rejected that request at first instance from prosecutor Richard Rojas Gómez, and instead issued a restricted appearance. Now, the Third Criminal Chamber of National Appeals will evaluate the appeal, whose argumentation will be in charge of Vela.
Cerrón Rojas is accused of leading the criminal organization Los Dinámicos del Centro, whose members would have captured money from acts of corruption committed in the Regional Government of Junín, which was in the hands of Peru Libre.
According to the fiscal hypothesis, this network charged quotas to regional government workers in exchange for renewing their contracts and also demanded bribes to deliver certificates from the Junín Regional Transportation Directorate.
The money raised, according to the Public Ministry, entered the presidential campaign of Pedro Castillo in 2021 and also served to buy the party premises located on Avenida Brasil, in Lima. Perú21 revealed the irregular handling that existed for the acquisition of the property.
Bertha Rojas, Cerrón’s mother, is included in the case as she is considered a “front man” for her son since she has made a purchase of assets that she has not been able to support.
Last August, Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz froze Rojas and Cerrón’s bank accounts that held more than S/3 million.
