The strategy I had Andres Hurtado to spend Christmas and New Year in freedom, he fell with a new and unexpected order of 9 months of preventive detention that was issued last Friday against him.
LOOK: PJ issued a second preventive detention for 9 months against Andrés Hurtado
In the early hours of yesterday, the First Preparatory Investigation Court of the Court of Justice of Lima accepted the request of deputy anti-corruption prosecutor Keeller Cueva, who is investigating the Migration case, and ordered the internment of the former comedian.
The procedure was initially called on Wednesday, but at the request of Elio Riera, ‘Chibolín’s’ lawyer, it was rescheduled for the next day, Thursday, December 19.
In this process, Hurtado is accused of having intervened with the former head of Immigration Roxana del Águila to expedite the procedures that allowed the soccer player Roberto Siucho to renounce his Peruvian nationality and obtain Chinese citizenship in 2019.
In this way, even if Supreme Judge Juan Carlos Checkley agrees to vary the prison of the former presenter for a house arrest or an appearance with restrictions in the case involving prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta, the investigated person will remain behind bars for that second court order.
want to work
The hearing to decide the variation was also held yesterday. From the beginning there were moves that Perú21 had anticipated.
Hurtado Grados announced that Elio Riera would no longer defend him in the process and appointed Russell Robles as his new legal representative.
Robles, as this newspaper reported, joined the legal team last week to promote house arrest.
Before the magistrate he said that there is no more evidence that links his client as the person in charge of delivering a bribe of US$500,000 to the prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta in exchange for the Public Ministry returning to businessman Javier Miu Lei five gold bars that were seized from him. in 2020.
At the end of the procedure, the former presenter spoke and requested to be released because he needs to work to support the life of his youngest daughter.
“I am the only one who is responsible for that girl (…) the decision you make, I am completely governed by, as it was from day one when I handed in my passport, for me to have that appearance and be able to work in my country,” declared.
Judge Checkley announced that he will issue a ruling as soon as possible.
Please note
-Elio Riera clarified to this newspaper that he will continue defending Andrés Hurtado in the Migration and Money Laundering cases.
-He indicated that on Thursday night he agreed with his legal team that Russell Robles would be the one to support the request for a variation of preventive detention.
-Hurtado is charged with the crimes of influence peddling and payment of bribes.
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