The Superior Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of South Lima yesterday led a reconnaissance diligence of two key sites in the investigation directed against the provincial prosecutor of Lurín, Ricardo Rojas Leon, prosecuted for covering up and benefiting the “Los Secos del Sur” criminal network, dedicated to land trafficking, extortion and hired assassins in Pachacamac.
As this newspaper learned, Deputy Prosecutor Eiser Jiménez, accompanied by personnel from the DIVIAC-Peruvian National Police and the Victims and Witnesses Assistance Unit, visited two cevicherías, one located in the vicinity of the Santa Anita oval; and another in San Juan de Miraflores, so that one of the five protected witnesses in the case recognizes both locations.
Fiscal activity was carried out last Wednesday.
As previously published by La República, Ricardo Rojas met in September 2016 in Santa Anita with the leader of “Los Secos del Sur”, Bernardino Esplana Enríquez, and Milagros Zevallos Ramos, to ask the former for S/40,000 in exchange for filing an investigation against him. for money laundering. This as told by key contributor 4E030802-2018.
In a second meeting between Rojas León and the leader of the criminal organization, in San Juan de Miraflores, the prosecutor handed him a USB with the money laundering case file and even proposed a trusted lawyer. There Rojas also asked for an advance of S / 10,000.
Fiscal activity was carried out last Wednesday.
During the reconnaissance diligence of both sites, which was ordered by the Superior Prosecutor Alfonso Barrenechea, the lawyer of the investigated Rojas León was present and the protection of the witness was ensured so that he would not be compromised in the activity.
pressures
About the investigation, In October 2021, the Prosecutor’s Office raided three buildings linked to Ricardo Rojas León to seize cell phones, chips and other technological materials and documents that were used in the case..
Rojas also knows the identity of some protected witnesses whom he has already threatened. To date, there has also been an attempt on the life of protected witness No. 7-2020, which is why greater security has been granted to the main contributors of information in the case..
Statement of a witness pointing to Ricardo Rojas.
“If you don’t testify like I’m telling you, I’m going to f*** you” because I’m going to do everything possible so that you stay in prison here”Rojas León also told Bernardino Esplana Enríquez, “The Boss” of “Los Secos del Sur” when he visited the latter twice between April and May 2018 in the Ancón I prison.
Currently, Rojas continues to work as a provincial prosecutor in Lurín, however, the National Board of Justice could open a disciplinary process against him for the questions, the investigation against him for bribery and criminal organization and thus choose to suspend or remove him from the Public Ministry. .
