Pedro Castillo’s former advisor, Henry Shimabukuro, revealed that President Dina Boluarte would have received several gifts from the now investigated Andrés Hurtado ‘Chibolín’among which the yellow suit that the president wore on December 7, 2022, when she assumed the presidency of the Republic stands out.
“The information we have is that they are not only clothes, but also some other objects that Mr. Hurtado has donated or given to Dina Boluarte,” he said on the Ocurre Ahora program.
“He gave away clothes, objects, he made people fall in love and sweeten him. (…) Not only the yellow suit, but other things as well, such as gifts or details for assuming the position of president,” she added.
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According to Shimabukuro, ‘Chibolín’ sought to get closer to the president and other senior officials around Pedro Castillo through this gift-giving mechanism.
As is known, Judge Checkley ordered 18 months of preventive detention for Andrés Hurtado, a well-known television presenter, after finding sufficient elements that point to his alleged involvement in the crimes of influence peddling and active bribery.
In this regard, Hurtado’s lawyer, Elio Riera, assured that they will appeal the preventive detention measure against the television host.
According to Shimabukuro, the television presenter’s rapprochement with the president would have begun after the former head of the Cabinet of Advisors of the Ministry of Housing, Salatiel Marrufo, introduced him to Fray Vásquez, Pedro Castillo’s nephew.
Subsequently, the former comedian reached the former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINI), José Fernández Latorre, who would have arranged a monthly payment of 50 thousand soles for the former television presenter.
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