Benji Espinoza, lawyer for the suspended prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta, He said in an interview with RPP that his client had saved these audios because she had been being blackmailed so she was a victim. Likewise, he stated that the obtaining of this evidence would have occurred outside the law by not complying with the deadlines established, which is why he was going to request that the alleged audio of Keiko Fujimori and Joaquín Ramírez be withdrawn from the investigations.
“She was the victim of a crime, if she had something to hide, she would have disappeared and she has been found in a covert search procedure, it is serious that the Prosecutor’s Office abuses its power, violates the inviolability of the home and what is worse, summon a procedure without complying with the legal deadline. We are summoned on a Friday to have an audio transcribed on a Sunday and the law says that three of them must pass, that was the reason why we did not participate,” he said. .
Peralta’s defense assured that his client She does not plan to be an effective collaborator, but she is willing to collaborate with the justice system for a correct investigation.
“Criminals are an effective collaborator and my client is neither a criminal, nor a protected witness nor a sincere confession, our strategy is refutation and we are going to prove that the Prosecutor’s Office is wrong,” he declared.
The ‘Chibolín’ case continues to cause people to talk; this eccentric character is currently being held in the Lurigancho prison, while the others under investigation are appearing with restrictions.
How did the ‘Chibolín’ case come about?
This case arose since last September 4, Mrs. Ana Siucho, wife of soccer player Edison Flores, accused Hurtado of having helped her brother and cousins in some procedures through her contacts. He stated that ‘Chibolín’, through his connection with the then head of Immigration, Roxana del Águila, would have helped expedite a procedure so that Roberto Siucho could remove his Peruvian nationality. Later, Ana Siucho said that Hurtado requested money from her brother for “social help” and revealed that she had requested a bribe of one million dollars to facilitate the return of a shipment of gold seized from Javier Miu Lei.
Appearance with restrictions for Javier Miu Lei and prosecutor Peralta
The Judiciary has issued an appearance with restrictions for prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta and the businessman Javier Miu Leiwho are accused of influence peddling. In addition, Andrés Hurtado has received a sentence of 18 months of preventive detention for the same crime. The investigation focuses on the return of four gold bars confiscated from Miu Lei’s company, which would have been returned through bribes to prosecutor Peralta, with the intermediation of Hurtado.
The court resolution details that Peralta must pay a bond of S/35,000, while Miu Lei must pay S/1,000,000, within a period of three days. These amounts are established as financial guarantees, that is, they will be returned once the judicial process is completed.
Chibolín preventive prison. Photo: LR
