Elio Riera, lawyer for presenter and comedian Andrés Hurtado, denied that his client has accepted the status of effective collaborator in the investigation that the Prosecutor’s Office is carrying out against him for alleged crimes of influence peddling and money laundering.
However, he confirmed that Hurtado has provided key information since the beginning of the proceedings, mentioning figures such as prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta, judge María Vidal La Rosa and the former national superintendent of Immigration, Roxana del Águila. Both Peralta and Vidal La Rosa were suspended for alleged ties to Hurtado.
“In general terms, what I can say is that Mr. Andrés Hurtado has provided the relevant information that he has at his disposal regarding Dr. Peralta, Dr. Vidal and the links that they tried to attribute to her”expressed Riera during an interview on RPP. He added that Hurtado has collaborated with the justice system “to clarify the facts of which he is accused.”
Regarding his possible aspiration to become an effective collaborator, Riera indicated that he cannot provide details due to professional secrecy. Currently, its priority is to reverse the 18-month preventive detention measure issued by the Judiciary. According to Riera, there are not enough elements to justify Hurtado’s detention while the Prosecutor’s Office continues its investigations.
“My priority is to win preventive detention, because I consider that there are no elements to take him to prison while the prosecutor has to investigate. We are currently litigating along that path.”the lawyer pointed out.
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