The Vice President and Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis), Dina Boluartespoke about the legal situation of Yenifer Paredessister-in-law of President Pedro Castillo and sister of the first lady, Lilia Paredes, who is being investigated for the alleged crime of influence peddling.
Boluarte indicated that the best way to prove innocence about the accusations
“I have always said that the best way to be able to tell the truth that helps us is by showing our faces, that is why I have always responded with you (…) What should the Prosecutor’s Office ask why the lady did not come and in due course she will surely be going”, said the head of the Midis.
Last Monday, July 11, the sister of Lilia Paredes He did not appear to give his statement before the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Lima. The investigated was summoned for 9.30 in the morning, so the prosecutors waited for her for more than two hours; however, both she and her lawyer did not notify her of her omission.
The investigation responds to the alleged offer of sanitation works in the district of Chadín, in Cajamarca. Along these lines, Hugo Espino Lucana, representative of the company JJM Espino Engineering & Construction, who awarded a work of more than 3 million soles in the province of Cajatambo (Lima), is also being investigated.
Espino visited the Government Palace five times, between the months of August and September 2021. The curious thing about this case is that the day Yenifer Paredes offered works, she was wearing the vest of her friend’s company.
