After the complaint of Noemi Alvaradoformer employee of the company Frigoinca, supplier of the National School Feeding Program ‘Qaliwarma’it was revealed that the supplies given to the schoolchildren did not correspond to meat for human consumption, but to horse meat in poor condition. According to Alvarado’s testimony, the delivery of this input not suitable for children’s consumption would have occurred since 2021. During that year, the management of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS)the governing institution of the Qaliwarma programme, was in charge of Dina Boluarte, current president of Peru.
The testimony of Alvarado Llanos would not only reveal that spoiled food was delivered to the children who were beneficiaries of the program, but also exposes a kickback and bribery scheme within MIDISwhich allowed the marketing of horse meat under the guise of ground beef. According to the former Frigoinca worker, Nile Burgahead of the marketing company, would be in charge of corrupting social program officials in order to market horse meat at a much lower price. “The meat was brought from the province of Huancayo, ground and sold to Mr. Josías’s Ventanilla company, saying that it was beef, but it was horse,” Alvarado said in an interview for Cuarto Poder.
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Alvarado Llanos also confessed her role within this corruption scheme: she was in charge of manipulating the staff of institutions such as DIGESA and Qaliwarma to eliminate all compromising evidence, thus compromising the nutrition and health of the children of the program in schools in La Libertad, Áncash. , Puno, Cajamarca, San Martín, among others. This situation would directly involve Fredy Hinojosa, current spokesperson for President Dina Boluarte, who then held the position of director of Qaliwarma under the ownership of Boluarte, Minister of Development and Social Inclusion from July 29, 2021 to November 25, 2022.
Minister of Development and Social Inclusion blames “unscrupulous officials” for marketing of horse meat in Qaliwarma
Given the revelations presented in the Sunday program, the current Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Julio Demartiniexpressed his indignation at the evidence that demonstrates the existence of a network of corruption within Qaliwarma. He assured that a restructuring process will be carried out in the social program: “Indignation is the natural feeling of all of us who work to improve State services. (…) We have begun a process of restructuring the program after a decade,” he declared.
Demartini maintained that the quality of Qaliwarma As a social program it is not in doubt, but he stated that “unscrupulous people” seek individual benefits taking advantage of the high budget allocated: “When you have a program that manages more than S/ 2,000 million, (…) You must maintain permanent monitoring and oversight.”
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Finally, Demartini confessed that was aware of the existence of corrupt elements in Qaliwarma and that at the time he informed the corresponding authorities: “We had indications, so much so that we received a complaint from another company about the possible adulteration of products. We went directly to the police and the prosecutor’s office,” he said in his interview for RPP.
