The Judiciary has scheduled a hearing related to the ‘Chibolín’ case and the suspended prosecutor for this Wednesday, January 15, at 10:00 a.m. Luz Elizabeth Peralta Santur. The defense of the accused, accused of allegedly having committed influence peddling through a network that would be made up of the former television host Andres Hurtado and the businessman Javier Miu Leiseeks to evaluate a protection of rights. The session will be in charge of the Supreme Court of Preparatory Investigation.
In statements for The Republicthe lawyer Benji Espinozadefender of Elizabeth Peraltaexplained the purpose of the rights protection called: “The rights protection hearing is a mechanism that the law contemplates when abuses are incurred, the rights of the person under investigation are violated or legal mandates are not complied with,” he said.
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Under this line of argument, Espinoza confirmed that the hearing seeks to exonerate Peralta of the investigations that arose after the raid carried out by the prosecutor’s office to the offices of Peralta: “In this case, we have requested that, through this rights protection hearing, be excluded a record prepared on September 9, 2024, when the prosecutor’s office carried out a covert raid on the offices of the Third Superior Criminal Prosecutor’s Office for Money Launderingthat my client, Dr. Luz Elizabeth Peralta Santurhe was directing at that time,” stated Espinoza.
The lawyer for the suspended prosecutor assured that the protection of rights is justified, since the entry was made without the corresponding authorization of a judge and this would have constituted a violation of the rights of Peralta: “A closed place was entered without judicial authorization and, when my client arrived, he had no defense. The presence of the public defense should have been arranged, but it was not done. Therefore, because the entry was carried out without authorization from the judge since his right to defense was not guaranteed, the rights of my client were violated. For this reason, we are requesting the exclusion of this record of September 9,” he concluded.
Elizabeth Peralta: What documents were found in the raid of your offices on September 9?
The raid reported by the defense of Peralta Santur brought with him revealing documents to which the program ‘Fourth estate’ gained access. Among these, a savings account stands out that, as of February 28, 2023, recorded a final balance of S/462,659. As verified, this account does not show significant movements, except for the monthly deposits corresponding to his salary.
Suspicions arose from the origin of these savings, since, with the approximate monthly income of S/18,000 that he received Elizabeth Peralta As a representative of the Public Ministry, it would be difficult to justify such a high amount. This detail drew special attention, considering that such income does not seem to be sufficient to reach the accumulated figure without additional explanations.
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The financial auditor Oscar Falconiconsulted by the program’s journalists, pointed out that even if the judge had not made any expenditure on her salary for a year, she would only have managed to raise around S/200,000. In addition, he evaluated a possible saving of 10% to 15% of his salary, which would imply an annual accumulation of between S/18,000 and S/20,000. These calculations reflect that reaching the registered amount would be practically impossible if the usual expenses on food, housing, health and transportation are considered.
