After a group of anti-corruption prosecutors found $ 20,000 in his office government palace, the former Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Bruno pacheco, argued that said amount was “Product of his savings and the salary he receives.” After finding the money, Pacheco authorized the Public Ministry to photocopy the tickets in order to continue with the corresponding investigations.
According to the captures of the record of exhibition of non-private documents in the General Secretariat of the Palace, Pacheco Castillo assured prosecutors that the money found came from his salary, which amounts to 25,000 soles per month.
The intervention of Public ministry It started at 11.10 in the morning and ended at 10.20 at night. During this period of time it was also possible to make backup copies of the information obtained from the computers and other data storage devices found in the Pacheco office.
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The money was not found in the toilet, says the Prosecutor’s Office
The Public Ministry clarified that the photo of the $ 20,000 in cash hidden inside a toilet tank, which has been circulating on social networks, does not correspond to the diligence against the former secretary of the Palace, Bruno Pacheco, made last Friday, November 19. According to the minutes of the Prosecutor’s Office, this was found in the bathroom closet of his office.
The document details that the money was found in a room, inspected by representatives of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, which corresponded to “a bathroom and dressing room.” It also specifies that, upon entering said space, it was the same official who exhibited their personal belongings and reported that within these was the referred amount.
Work. The Public Ministry approached the Palace to gather information on the actions of the resignation to the General Secretariat. Photo: Marco Cotrina / The Republic
They accept the resignation of Bruno Pacheco as secretary of the Presidential Office
The Government decided to accept the resignation of Bruno Pacheco as secretary of the Presidential Office. Through a supreme resolution that bears the signature of the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, and the prime minister, Mirtha Vasquez, Pacheco’s departure was made official, after the Public Ministry will find $ 20,000 in cash in the office that corresponded to him in the Government Palace.
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In this way, through an extraordinary edition of the newspaper El Peruano on the last Tuesday, November 23, and by RS # 165-2021-PCM, it was resolved “Accept the resignation of Mr. Arnulfo Bruno Pacheco Castillo as Secretary General of the Presidential Office, given for the services rendered “.
Castillo accepted the resignation of Pacheco as secretary general of the Government Palace. Photo: composition / The Republic
Carlos Jaico assumed the General Secretariat of the Palace in replacement of Bruno Pacheco
The new secretary of the Government Palace is Carlos Jaico Carranza, who is a member of the Alliance for Progress. The day before he requested a party license from the leader of APP, César Acuña Peralta, and the secretary general of the political group in question, Luis Valdez Farías to be able to assume the position as an official.
“I am pleased to address you to greet you cordially and at the same time to let you know that I have been summoned by the Government of President Pedro Castillo to exercise a public position of trust”, indicates the document sent by Jaico to Acuña.
His appointment was made official last Wednesday through the supreme resolution No. 166-2021-PCM, published this Wednesday, November 24, in the extraordinary bulletin of legal norms of the Official Gazette El Peruano.
Jaico requested a party license from the leader of APP, César Acuña Peralta. Photo: Carlos Jaico’s Twitter
