An investigation has revealed an alleged network of corruption that affects the Regional Government of La Libertad, led by César Acuña, and key members of his party, Alliance for Progress (APP).
According to Punto Final, Frigoinca, the company that produces the Don Simón preserve, whose plant in Chepén was found in an unsanitary state and closed by the Minsa for identifying rodent and worm excreta, managed to operate with impunity, despite its lack of sanitation.
And, the Sunday newspaper revealed that Óscar Acuña Peralta, brother of César Acuña and political head of APP in La Libertad, who is profiled as a candidate for Congress in 2026, would have been pointed out by an effective collaborator of the Prosecutor’s Office who assured that Acuña received 77,000 soles from Frigoinca, detailing that these deliveries went to a BCP savings account in the name of Óscar Acuña.
The collaborator explained that the founder of Frigoinca, Nilo Burga Malca, met with Acuña at the APP offices in Trujillo. The reason for the meeting was that Burga was interested in contacting and working with Aníbal Morillo Arqueros, regional Health manager and trusted man of César Acuña, whose management was in charge of health inspections. Óscar Acuña confirmed the meeting and receipt of funds, but alleged that the transactions were a “loan” that he later returned.
On the other hand, the regional Health manager, Aníbal Morillo, is also under investigation, indicated by the effective collaborator to be on Frigoinca’s bribery list. Morillo would have been allocated 25,000 soles on March 11, 2024, the same figure three months later, and additional amounts in August, totaling at least 54,000 soles. To receive these funds, Morillo would have used an intermediary, Milton Broca Alcántara.
Although Morillo initially denied knowing Broca, he later recalled that he was present at a meeting. The accusation is reinforced by the fact that, on March 12 and 13, 2024, Morillo management inspected Frigoinca and issued a favorable report that denied “deviation in its control points, nor critical points.” This report was sent to Lima, allowing the preserve to continue in circulation despite warnings of poor quality.
The technician who signed the favorable report, Jorge Luis Silva Chuna, was also bribed with 93,800 soles, according to the collaborator, through his ex-partner.
The Frigoinca company has delivered to the Prosecutor’s Office the accounting system that records these disbursements, information that has been key to the arrests and preventive detention of other officials involved in the Frigoinca-Qali Warma corruption network. The case continues to develop.
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