The constant paralysis in the Cocteles (Odebrecht) case against Keiko Fujimori and more than 50 defendants for money laundering and other crimes are to be concluded. It after the prosecutor José Domingo Pérez will finish correcting and reaching the defense of Keiko Fujimori, Mark Vito and the company MVV Bienes Raíces SAC, last Thursday, the elements and evidence of its prosecution presented on March 11 of this year.
Since October 27, approximately, the intermediate stage (phase prior to the oral trial) against Keiko Fujimori and other defendants were on pause due to problems in reaching the lawyers’ documents, which were sometimes incomplete, as well as logistical problems in the Prosecutor’s office. Thus, since then, the request to file the case for six effective collaborators and the formal review, finally, of the accusation against the main involved, among them the leader of Popular Force, for whom they request 30 years in prison.
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With the full notification of the documents, videos and other evidence to the accused, Judge Victor Zúñiga Urday ordered that this Monday, November 22, a final verification be given to the materials reached by the prosecutor Pérez. When all the defenses are aware of the material, there will be a period of 10 days for them to agree or oppose the elements of the Prosecutor’s Office. In summary, only when this time has elapsed can the course of the hearings be resumed where the validity or not of the tests offered by Domingo Pérez. It depends on when judge Zúñiga dictate within 10 days to have a precise date for the hearings to resume.
It should be noted, on the other hand, that the prosecutor Domingo Pérez He added on two occasions, after his accusation was presented in March, more elements at his request. The first was on September 28 and the second on October 27. This additional material, as well as the lack of support in USB devices to his office, caused delays in notifications.
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Víctor Zúñiga Urday is in charge of the trial against Keiko Fujimori, and others involved, in the Cocktails case. Photo: Judicial Branch
