The ex -president’s wife Ollanta Humala, Nadine Herediadoes not appear in the list of accused that the prosecutor Germán Juárez Atoche presented to Judicial Branchin the process that is headed towards the public trial for the case Construction Club. This could be known by the Republic after accessing documents that make up the folders of the case. In the relationship of natural persons accused by prosecutor Juárez Atoche, former President Humala appears, but not the former first lady.
Heredia was linked to the case years ago, when prosecutor Juárez Atoche, a member of the Special Lava Jato Team and key figure in the investigation of the case Construction Clubincluded it in the investigations attributing positions for crimes of collusion and illicit association to commit crimes. But, not finding evidence confirming this hypothesis, the Prosecutor’s Office asks for the process file for her.
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The declaration of an effective collaborator allowed, at the time, the prosecutor determined that Heredia, like Humala, had knowledge of the operation of the corruption network within the state apparatus.
“From the declaration provided by the collaborator No. 4-2019, it is inferred that Ollanta Humala and Nadine Heredia They had knowledge of the construction of the construction club and benefited economically. According to the collaborator’s version, they received illicit money due to the granting of the tenders that the club’s member companies earned, ”said the initial hypothesis of Juárez Atoche.
Nadine and its history with the construction club
To understand the relationship between the former First lady And the case that involves the government of her husband, it is necessary to analyze the implications of the process. The investigations of Public Ministry They point to the call Construction Club It operated as a network of companies in the infrastructure sector that obtained public works contracts irregularly.
According to the investigations, the scheme consisted of the manipulation of tenders, in which companies agreed in advance which would benefit, while the others participated only to simulate legitimate competition. In exchange for guaranteeing the award of the projects, undue payments would have been made to state officials.
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According to the fiscal hypothesis, this system operated between 2011 and 2014, during the Ollanta Humala government, and involved firms such as Graña and Montero, Obrainsinsa and Cosapi, among others. It is estimated that bribes, equivalent to 1% and 3% of the amount of contracts, were financed by increasing the costs of the works, which would have generated a damage of approximately 10 billion soles.
Heredia was no stranger to investigations due to her leading role in her husband’s government. After being involved in the investigation by prosecutor Juárez Atoche, the judge Víctor Zúñiga Urday approved in mid -2024 the imposition of a precautionary measure on one of the properties of the former first lady. The affected company was Bakery 180 EIRL, a pastry business founded in July 2020, which would allegedly be linked to the case.
Consequently, an embargo on the form of registration was ordered about 100% of Heredia’s participation in said company, which implied that all its rights and actions in the company will be temporarily frozen, with an seized value of 7,245 soles. When the process against him is archived, the preventive embargo on said company and other restrictive measures of freedom that have been imposed.
Nadine gets rid, but Ollanta no
Who did not run the same fate as Heredia was her husband and former president Ollanta Humala. In the formal accusation against 29 people and 14 companies presented by the prosecutor Germán Juárez Atochethe ex -president appears as accused and the Prosecutor’s Office has requested against him a penalty of 13 years in prison.
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Among the other defendants include relevance figures, such as Javier Lei Siucho, belonging to the Siucho family, who faces charges for alleged acts of corruption, including his relationship with the case of Andrés Hurtado “Chibolín”. Likewise, Fernando Camet appears, a key character in the interoceanic case, and Carlos García Alcázar, linked to Carlos Paredes, former Minister of Transportation and Communications during the Humala government. Both walls and his brother, José Paredes, have also been included in the accusation of the Public Ministry.
The crimes attributed to the defendants include illicit association to commit crimes, bribery, collusion and money laundering. According to the fiscal thesis of Juárez Atoche, there would have been an alliance between former officials of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, businessmen and construction companies to manipulate hiring processes, guaranteeing the granting of works to certain groups, with the alleged participation of the former head of state.
The Prosecutor’s Decision
“From the result of the inquiries, no relevant information has been obtained that allows to frame the activity attributed to that processed within the components of ‘The Club’ (…) In other words, no conduct is seen focusing on fields of concertation destined to favor private companies within the selection processes included in this criminal process, “says the fiscal document.
“From the sustained, it is clear, that there is additional information or element of conviction that leads to observe that the defendant Nadine Heredia has endorsed the rules of the criminal organization and, consequently, that it has assumed a structural role aimed at Achieve the aims and objectives of the construction club, “concludes prosecutor Juárez Atoche.
The prosecutor also rules out the crime of aggravated collusion for the former president Ollanta Humalaso it is also ruled out that Nadine Heredia It has been his accomplice in that crime.
