The businessman and former advisor to Ollanta Humala, Martín Belaúnde Lossiohe assured in the trial against the former president that he delivered $400,000 for the presidential campaigns, which came from Venezuela and Jorge Barataand that were delivered to Nadine Heredia.
“I have looked for some money and I have obtained it from private Peruvian contributors, in fact I had a meeting with Mr. Jorge Barata, Mr. Humala and Mrs. Heredia at the house of Mr. Álvaro Gutiérrez in which Mr. Barata promised to deliver $400,000 for the campaign, a week later he delivered it. I gave it personally to Mrs. Nadine Heredia,” he said in the audience.
Along the same lines, he assured that these contributions were delivered in person at Nadie Heredia’s house. Likewise, he indicated that other occasions were given to Ilan Heredia, who was the treasurer of the Nationalist Party. In relation to the contributions from the Bolivarian country, he assured that they were delivered by officials from the Venezuelan embassy.
“I collected money, sometime money that Virly Torres gave me from Venezuelan officials. I met her at a party event, Mr. Abugatás introduced her to me, we had a lot of contact and closeness during and after the campaign until she left the country,” he added.
Belaunde Lossio assures that Nadie Heredia was aware of these contributions from the Bolivarian Government. He claims to have picked it up from the Venezuelan embassy, on Arequipa Avenue, Heredia sends Ollanta Humala’s former advisor to receive them. “The money was spent on campaign expenses and the leftover money was used to create Todo Graph.
What was the role of Martín Belaunde Lossio in Ollanta Humala’s campaigns?
Ollanta Humala’s former advisor explained in the trial against the former president his work in Ollanta Humala’s campaign team and Nadine Heredia. In that sense, he indicated that since it was a very small group, its functions were different, such as coordination with foreign press, campaign trips, organizing rallies, events, as well as obtaining sponsorships and financial support from businessmen.
YOU CAN SEE: Dina Boluarte decorates the Sultan of Brunei with the Great Necklace of the Order of El Sol del Perú
On the other hand, in relation to the issue of effective collaboration, he reported that he has been undergoing this process since 2017 and that on November 11, the Public Ministry informed him of this approval.
Martín Belaunde Lossio reappears in the trial against Ollanta Humala: “A company was created at the request of Nadine Heredia”
Martín Belaunde Lossio, businessman and former advisor to Ollanta Humalareappeared in the trial against the former president and revealed that he now acts as an effective collaborator in the investigation into alleged irregular contributions in the 2006 and 2011 presidential campaigns. In addition, he stated that the company Todo Graph was created at the request of former first lady Nadine Heredia, and who only lent his name to the project. In his words, “the idea was to generate income for Nadine.”
“This is a company that I created at the request of Mrs. Nadine Heredia. She needed to justify the income she would have after the 2006 campaign. Not only justify, but generate income because it was going to be very difficult to re-enter the workforce because it was a very hard campaign,” she explained.
