The links that the ex -congressman of change 90, Óscar Medelius were known, had with whom in the 90s he was the almighty advisor to the government of Alberto wasI: Vladimiro Montesinos Torres. The notary and lawyer also, dead of 20 bullets in Carabayllo on Monday afternoon, after being intercepted by hitmen in an alleged adjustment of accounts for land traffic, was political operator of Montesinos and sentenced to prison for being responsible for the falsification of signatures to create a political group that will be allied with Peru 2000 to seek the re -election of Fujimori.
The investigations concluded that Montesinos delivered 70 thousand dollars to Medelius to pay those who would lend themselves to falsify the signatures.
But who was Vladimiro Montesinos? For many, the former Chief of the National Intelligence Service is the synonym of corruption in Peruvian politics.
Ex -military expelled from the army accused of espionage and links with the CIA, and lawyer for military and drug traffickers, the today’s prisoner was the power in the shadow of the regime of the Fujimori government, whom he met in the electoral campaign that would take him to the presidency In 1990 and becoming one of the most influential and controversial figures of Peruvian politics in the 1990s and 2000s.
Already installed in power, Montesinos took care of the anti -drug operations that the Government executed with the United States, also participating in the fight against the Shining Path, which, at that time, already imposed terror in the Sierra del País. To do this, he used intelligence methods and covert operations.
But it was after the coup on April 5 and the closing of the Congress that the already murder acquired more power within the regime
Montesinos became the main security advisor and de facto chief of the National Intelligence Service (SIN). From this position, he accumulated great power and organized an extensive network of corruption, espionage and political repression to maintain control of the government, the Congress, the Judiciary and the media.
Sunset and fall
In September 2000, the dissemination of a video in which Montesinos delivers 15 thousand dollars in cash to the then Congressman Alberto Kouri so that he would go from the opposition to the ruling party marked the beginning of his fall. The so -called ‘Vladivideo’ also marks the breakdown of the Fujimorist regime. More audiovisual material with it until then every powerful presidential advisor to officials and politicians to ensure control of the regime, ended up undressing corruption into the government.
Montesinos was forced to flee the country. Months later, in June 2001 he was captured in a poor neighborhood west of Caracas. Transferred to Lima and sentenced to 25 years in prison for the crimes of Altos and the Cantuta was admitted to the detention center of the Naval Base of Callao, a prison that he himself ordered to build in the 90s.
From his arrest Montesinos faced multiple judicial processes in Peru for crimes related to corruption, violations of human rights, drug trafficking and abuse of power.
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