The prosecutor José Domingo Pereza member of the Lava Jato Special Team, informed the press that the sentence that the Judiciary for Alejandro Toledo for the Interoceánica Sur case would be taking place by the end of this month of October.
“The parties can present their final arguments in that order. On Monday the court has ordered that it be the Public Ministry at eight in the morning and, then, the Attorney General’s Office (…) We hope that, once concluded the closing arguments, between Monday and Tuesday, and the following week, the judges could be communicating their decision,” said the prosecutor.
In addition, Domingo Perez He did not deny that the case of Alejandro Toledo is “the largest bribe” that Odebrecht paid but he also highlighted that other processes are still missing, such as the Lima Metro, which is in its final phase. And the case of former President Humala.
“There have already been some other sentences that have been handed down in the Lava Jato case, but if you want to put as relevance or importance the status of one of the accused as having been a former president. Would it be the largest bribe that was paid in Peru? Well, if you put that consideration into it, surely,” he responded to the journalist
Toledo revealed that businessman Josef Maiman paid loan installments for his home in Camacho
The former president Alejandro Toledo He was interrogated by prosecutor José Domingo Pérez on October 11 in relation to the Interoceánica Sur case. During the hearing, Toledo revealed that the businessman Joseph Maiman covered two installments of the debt on his home located in La Molina. According to Toledo, he bought the house in 1997, but the payments were high and difficult to meet.
Maiman He intervened to pay those fees as a thank you, since Toledo would have helped his wife in an English learning program. Toledo recalled that Maiman showed concern about his financial situation and offered his help.
Toledo: “I never met alone with Jorge Barata”
During the trial, the former president claimed to have never met with Jorge Barata, who was a director of Odebrecht in Peru. He also said that he had never been present at Proinversión meetings, that those in charge of those projects were the Ministers of Economy and Transportation. This is after prosecutor José Domingo said that Jorge Barata was in the Government Palace up to 10 times during Toledo’s mandate.
The trial for the Interoceánica Sur case will continue next Monday and more evidence and testimonies will be presented. The Public Ministry has requested twenty years and five months in prison for the former president.
