Popular Force was incorporated into the investigation against Joaquin Ramirez for the crime of money laundering in the Alas Peruanas case. The fourth National Preparatory Investigation Court ordered that the party of Keiko Fujimori be part of the process at the request of the Public Ministry.
The Prosecutor’s Office maintains that Fuerza Popular would have received contributions from Joaquín Ramírez coming from fraud in the administration of the Peruvian Wings Universityan institution that was directed by his uncle Fidel Ramirez Pradoduring the 2011 and 2016 presidential campaigns
In his hypothesis he assures that the Fujimori party received, between 2014 and 2015, the sum of 54,536,65 soles; while, in 2011, it accepted a total of 210 thousand soles. Likewise, contributions are recorded in their favor for the transfer of two properties located on Bucaré Avenue in the Camacho urbanization (La Molina) and on Arequipa Avenue (Miraflores).
According to the Prosecutor’s Office investigation, if Fuerza Popular had won the presidential elections, Ramírez’s contributions would later be returned in personal benefits and interests.
“Had it reached the Executive Branch, the party would have had the objective of rewarding such illicit contributions by granting overvalued works, tax benefits or favorable regulatory frameworks that would allow the operation of cooperatives and private universities,” the Prosecutor’s Office details in its hypothesis.
It is also specified that the party would have been used as a political arm or front company for the entry and concealment of illicit money that Joaquín Ramírez managed.
“The accusation made against the Fuerza Popular party consists of having favored the commission of the crime of aggravated money laundering through the use of its organization, financial and operational structure by the defendants Keiko Sofía Fujimori and Pier Paolo Figari Mendoza, who are accused as authors of said crime, with the aggravating factor of having belonged to a criminal organization led at the time by the late citizen Fidel Ramírez Prado, carrying out acts of concealment and possession of money illicit originating from the companies of Joaquín Ramírez Gamarra”, mentions the aforementioned thesis.
Judiciary agrees with the Prosecutor’s Office
Following the allegations of the Public Ministry, the judge in charge of the Fourth National Preparatory Investigation Court declared the Prosecutor’s request founded.
Meanwhile, Fuerza Popular’s defense questioned whether the Public Ministry required the incorporation of the party when the investigation period expired on May 4, 2025; However, the Prosecutor’s Office responded that the request was submitted on April 30, 2025, before said deadline expired.
To this end, the court verified that the request was submitted within the current deadline, therefore ruling out the impact on the right of defense and pointing out that the timely processing of the request was delayed by repeated challenges made by those investigated.
Along these lines, he also rejected the opposition formulated by the companies Combustibles Granel SRL and Combustibles SAC, companies of Joaquín Ramírez. The court concludes that these companies lack legitimacy to oppose the incorporation of the Fuerza Popular Party, as they do not hold the status of partners, directors or representatives of the party.
