The oral trial against the former president Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and his wife, the former first lady Nadine Herediafor the alleged crime of money laundering aggravated in a criminal organization by the Odebrecht case will continue next Thursday, March 3.
On the second day of the process, the prosecutor German Juarezof the Lava Jato Special Team of the Public Ministry, supported this Tuesday the accusation against the former president and the former first lady, for whom he asks for 20 years and 26 years in prison, respectively.
That day, Juárez Atoche must culminate with the exposition of the charges against all the accused. After that, the presentation of the arguments of the attorney general’s office and the defense attorneys will correspond.
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The prosecutor recounted the founding of the Nationalist party since October 2005, as well as the entry and concealment of illicit money for the electoral campaigns of 2006 and 2011.
Regarding the first campaign, he specified that Ollanta Humala contacted, through William Chávez Alcántara, with the then president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavezto obtain financing. “That money came out of the public treasury of Venezuela. That money is of illicit origin.”he claimed.
He said that the illicit money was entered for campaign expenses, but also for the purchase of goods and the constitution of the company All Graph.
Regarding the 2011 electoral campaign, prosecutor Germán Juárez points out that Nadine Heredia contacted Valfredo De Assis Ribeiro, from the Brazilian company OAS to get financial support.
He also indicated that the Workers’ Party of Brazil channeled money through the Odebrecht Structured Operations Division to finance the campaign of Humala Tasso.
The oral trial, which began on Monday, is in charge of the Third National Collegiate Criminal Court, made up of judges Nayko Coronado, Raúl Caballero and Max Vengoa.
According to the Public Ministry, Ollanta Humala and Nadine Heredia received US$3 million from the Structured Operations Division of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for the 2011 election campaign.
In addition, the crime of aggravated money laundering would have been configured through the income of the money from the Venezuelan Government for the electoral campaign of Humala Tasso in 2006.
