Fuerza Popular removes Luis Cordero from the Intelligence Commission for alleged ties to Castillo

the bench of people force retired the congressman Luis Gustavo Cordero Jon Tay of the intelligence commissionafter the Special Team against Corruption of Power will link it with characters linked to Pedro Castillothe same ones who tried to attack the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, and Colonel Harvey Colchado.

In a statement, the Fujimori group maintains that the parliamentarian must clarify the facts that the Prosecutor’s Office accuses him of. The investigation indicates that Luis Cordero traveled to Panama with Carlos Barba, a former naval intelligence officer and security businessman, who wanted, together with the Spanish Jorge Ernesto Hernandez Fernandez, acquire an Israeli technology system for interception of cell phones, social networks and computers to benefit Castillo.

“As a parliamentary group we believe and defend the principle of presumption of innocence; however, we consider it necessary for Congressman Gustavo Cordero Jon Tay to clarify the facts that would allegedly link him to characters linked to the government of the coup leader Pedro Castillo,” the statement from People’s Force.

“In this sense, we inform public opinion that, without prejudice to the fact that Congressman Gustavo Cordero Jin Tay requested his license from our parliamentary group on December 2021, we have agreed to request his replacement as a member of the Congressional Intelligence Commission for the facts related to the fiscal operation,” he added.

Links with the environment of Pedro Castillo

According to information presented by the Prosecutor’s Office against Power Corruption, Carlos Barba traveled to Panama as an “advisor” to Fujimori congressman Luis Cordero Jon Tay, between October 11 and 13, 2022. Cordero is a member of the Intelligence Commission. Barba was surprised, because Cordero was supposed to be in opposition to Pedro Castillo.