Between October 30, 2021 and June 30, 2022, Yenifer Paredes Navarro made numerous cash deposits of up to 97,970 soles at the windows of the Banco de la Nación, located next to the Government Palace, according to the report conducted by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), of the Superintendence of Banking and Insurance (SBS), to the Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power.
For the FIU, the 26 deposits of Yenifer Paredes represents an “intensive use of cash”, according to the report to which La República had access.
Also, the total amount that the sister-in-law of the head of state distributed among relatives, friends and other relatives in the process of identification does not correspond to the income that has been declared to the authorities.
Before the Prosecutor’s Office, the sister-in-law of the head of state has stated that she has a monthly income of 2,100 soles, in addition to tips from her relatives of up to 600 soles per month. Which would imply that he receives 2,700 soles each month. However, she mobilized the 97,970 soles in just nine months. That is, an average of 12,246 soles per month, far from the 2,700 soles that she has declared.
This is not the only surprising thing contained in the data obtained by the FIU.
The authorities are struck by the fact that the first deposit was registered a few weeks after Yenifer Paredes and businessman Hugo Espino Lucana, on September 16, 2021, visit the community of La Succha, in the district of Chadín (Chota, Cajamarca), offering public works of drinking water and sanitation.
Hugo Espino himself has confessed to the Prosecutor’s Office that the visit was part of a plan to irregularly obtain public works contracts with the municipality of Chadín —as he did with Anguía—, where he achieved a project of 3 million soles in a few days with the support of his friend, Mayor Nenil Medina Guerrero, who in turn is a member of the inner circle of the head of state, known as ‘Los Chiclayanos’.
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Precisely, among the first people to whom Yenifer Paredes makes a deposit is his cousin Roy Oblitas Paredes, brother of Rubdel and Fany Oblitas Paredes. Both cousins of Yenifer Paredes have been implicated by Hugo Espino in fraudulent hiring.
Prosecutors have also warned that the successive deposits of money began on October 30, 2021, a day after President Pedro Castillo and his Housing Minister, Geiner Alvarado —another implicated with ‘Los Chiclayanos’ in directing public works —, signed the Emergency Decree 102-2021, on October 29, 2021. This rule authorizes the Ministry of Economy to transfer about 500 million soles to the Ministry of Housing to finance the execution of public works in around a hundred districts, including a score selected by the friends of the head of state.
Hugo Espino and effective collaborators have pointed out that ‘Los Chiclayanos’ knew in advance that Castillo would sign DU 102-2021 that would benefit them directly as compensation for having financed the presidential campaign.
Public works directed in favor of ‘Los Chiclayanos’ they exceed 71.9 million soles, as reported by La República.
“During the period from October 2021 to June 2022, Yenifer Paredes Navarro made 28 cash deposits for the amount of 91,970 soles”, reports the FIU under the heading “Intensive use of cash”.
The authorities have identified that ‘Los Chiclayanos’ are the former Minister of Housing Geiner Alvarado, his former head of the Cabinet of Advisors Salatiel Marrufo Alcántara, the mayor of Anguía, Nenil Medina Guerrero, and businessmen Abel Cabrera Fernández and Segundo Sánchez Sánchez.
The FIU reported that There are five people who accumulate almost 90% (83,530 soles) of the deposits made by Yenifer Paredes, especially:
-Anani Aguilar Loconi: 40,000.
-Milagros Rimarachín Gifted: 20,000.
The Special Team of Prosecutors against the Corruption of Power It does not rule out that the deposits are part of a “smurf”, which means the dispersion of allegedly ill-gotten funds to the accounts of friends and relatives.
Witness. Transfers to Yenifer Paredes were found in Hugo Espino’s accounts. Photo: Marco Cotrina/The Republic
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Prosecutors are investigating each of the 26 beneficiaries of Yenifer Paredes’ deposits to establish whether they have any link with public works tenders (see documents).
For this purpose, the authorities cross information with the reports of money movements of the companies of Hugo Espino Lucana and his sister Anggi Espino Lucana, JJM Espino Engineering & Construction and Destcon Engineers and Architects, that were part of the corruption plot, as well as their personal accounts.
So far, the bank reports of Hugo Espino and Anggi Espino, found during the raid on their home carried out by the special team led by Colonel PNP Harvey Colchado, confirm the testimony of the former in the sense that he paid bribes to the Mayor of Anguía, Nenil Medina, to stay with a contract of 3 million soles with a group of businessmen who simulated a tender.
Other transfers related to a plan to obtain million-dollar contracts with the district municipality of Chadín and the Provincial Municipality of Chachapoyas are also recorded.
This last project was linked to the first lady Lilia Paredes, according to a statement by Hugo Espino, who He received a special order from the wife of the head of state to meet with Mayor Víctor Culqui.
As part of the agreement, Mayor Culqui gave Hugo Espino 50,000 soles in cash.
It is relevant to remember that The first time that businessman Hugo Espino Lucana entered the Government Palace was on August 8, 2021, authorized by the first lady Lilia Paredesaccording to the records of visits and Espino’s statement.
Bank reports linking Paredes and Espino
According to the record of the search of the house of businessman Hugo Espino Lucana carried out by the special team that supports the prosecutors against the corruption of power, several financial reports of Hugo Espino Lucana and his sister Anggi Espino Lucana and his companies JJM Espino Engineering & Construction and Destcon Engineers & Architects, which were used to simulate tenders and receive millionaire directed contracts.
Bank movements confirm Hugo Espino’s testimony about the bribe payment he gave to the mayor of Anguía, Nenil Medina, in exchange for staying with a project of 3 million soles. In addition to the payments made by his accomplices, other businessmen who lent themselves to the simulation in exchange for bribes.
Nevertheless, The bank reports also record some transfers in the name of Yenifer Paredes, which would be the payments for the services she provided to Hugo Espino, in a period precisely in which the businessman was in collusion with ‘Los Chiclayanos’ to forge tenders.
FIU reports that accuse
Yenifer Paredes maintains that the 97,970 that she deposited to relatives and friends come from the monthly income she receives. But the numbers don’t add up.
The deposits were made in the period that your friend and former employer Hugo Espino Lucana participated in fraudulent bids for public works.
