The former head of the MTC, Juan Silva Villegaswill not be able to leave the country for 36 months, after the Supreme Court declared well-founded the request to prevent him from leaving the country made by the Prosecutor of the Nation Pablo Sánchez, after he opened a preliminary investigation within the framework of the investigations of the Tarata III case.
In the first place, said judicial instance approved the coercive measure for 36 months against the former head of the MTC, who is being investigated by the National Prosecutor, Pablo Sánchez, for the alleged commission of the crimes of collusion and criminal organization.
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Meanwhile, the same request was declared founded for nine months against the accionpopulista legislators Raul Doroteo and Darwin Espinoza. The measure was rejected Elvis Vergara, Juan Carlos Mori, Jorge Flores Ancachi and Ilich López. They are investigated for the alleged crime of aggravated influence peddling.
“The measure to prevent the departure of the country, with respect to the defendants Juan Silva Villegas, Raúl Felipe Doroteo Carbajo and Jhaec Espinoza Vargas, is ideal, since it will ensure that the purposes of the process are fulfilled, avoiding delays that could exist due to the absence of those investigated to carry out acts of investigation and an eventual process at the formal level [atendiendo la especial complejidad debido a las numerosas actuaciones de las partes, entre ellas declaraciones testimoniales, documentales, los procesados que tienen la condición de funcionario público, etc.]”details.
“For the other co-defendants (Elvis Hernán Vergara Mendoza, Juan Carlos Mori Celis, Jorge Luis Flores Ancachi) there is no evidence of an increase in the level of suspicion with the elements of conviction detailed by the representative of the Public Ministry, but which validate the beginning of the investigations. preliminary proceedings”precise.
The decision was made within the framework of the Tarata Bridge Case – Decentralized Províaswhich involves the former secretary of the Presidential Office Bruno Pachecoin addition to Fray Vasquez and Gian Marco Castillonephews of the president peter castle.
It should be noted that both the prosecution and the lawyers of those investigated can appeal and in the second instance it will be the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court who will decide definitively.
What is known about the case
Last April, the Fifth Office of the Second Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office formalized its investigation for the alleged commission of the crime of aggravated collusion in a criminal organization.
This in relation to the process of selecting proposals for the work ‘Construction of the Tarata Vehicular Bridge over the Huallaga River’, which was awarded to the Tarata III Bridge Consortium, which was made up of the company Termirex SAC, to which Karelim López provided assumptions consulting services.
According to the tax file, it is presumed that the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, would be the head of a criminal organization with the purpose of “finding suppliers to favor them.”
There were 13 people who are being investigated for the Puente Tarata Case; however, only seven of them have a preventive detention order, while the rest, including Karelim López, were ordered to appear with restrictions.