The office of the Public Prosecutor’s Office raided and searched the offices of the administrative headquarters of the Termirex construction companies, Arcose Group Y Tapusaas part of the investigations of the Puente Tarata case involving the President of the Republic, Pedro Castilloand to fugitive former minister Juan Silva.
The proceeding was authorized by the Supreme Court preparatory investigation judge, Juan Checkley Soria. The judge authorized the search, lockout, personal and home search and seizure of any evidence or communications file that the prosecution could find about the relationship of the directors of said companies with Silva.
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In addition, it authorized the lifting of the secret to view and extract information and digital data from mobile phones, tablets, computers, USB, chips and microchips that allow communications to be established before, during and after the tender for the Tarata III Bridge contract.
“The measure is pertinent because the information received will allow verifying the existence of telephone communications and by other means, as well as the relations of the accused Juan Francisco Silva Villegas and third parties related to the investigation”, specified the court.
Juan Silva is still a fugitive from justice. Photo: The Republic
Consortium
The properties intervened are located on the sixth floor of a building located in block 9 of the León Velarde jirón, in Lince; on the 11th floor of the building located on the first block of Pablo Bermúdez jirón, Cercado de Lima; in block 8 of Ricardo Angulo street, in the Córpac urbanization, San Isidro; and block 8 of Santa Cruz Avenue, in Miraflores.
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The stagecoach started at 8 am and ended around 6 pm From what he could see, a series of documents and computer equipment were seized that will be analyzed by the Prosecutor’s Officewith the support of police personnel from the Dircocor Corruption Crimes Investigation Division, linked to organized crime.
In the recitals of the resolution, mention is made of the existence of two statements by aspiring effective collaborators who indicate that Silva Villegas, during the time he was Minister of Transport and Communications, favored the consortium Tarata III Bridge, made up of the companies Tableros y Puentes (Tapusa), Termirex and HB Metallic Structures in the tender for the construction of the Tarata bridge, over the Huallaga river, in the San Martín region.
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Analysis. The Prosecutor’s Office collected construction documents. Photo: diffusion
In addition to the alleged delivery of 100,000 soles that the businessman and lobbyist Zamir Villaverde would have made John Silva on behalf of the company Tapusa, as a present, for having facilitated the tender for the Tarata III bridge.
Equally, of a request for 30,000 soles that Juan Silva would have requested from Zamir Villaverde to be delivered to President Pedro Castillo.
The search and seizure of documents and telephone and computer equipment are carried out as part of the investigations to verify the information provided by the aspiring effective collaborators.
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Search
Policeman. The National Prosecutor, Paul Sanchezand the staff of the Constitutional Complaints Area continue to coordinate with the Police the search and location of the fugitive former minister Juan Silvaturned into the main character of the corruption plot in the TCM.
Rewards program included former Minister Juan Silva on the most wanted list. Photo: Ministry
