He Third Collegiate Court of the National Superior Court of the Judiciary, sentenced Ollanta Humala and Nadine Herediapresidential ex -partner, to 15 years of private penalty of freedom for the crime of money laundering. Judge Noyka Coronado confirmed the tax hypothesis, after pointing out that the contributions received by the Nationalist Party for the 2006 and 2011 presidential companies had illicit origin from Venezuela and the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. Both will be held until July 2039.
This sentence marks a precedent in the judicial proceedings that are followed by former presidential presidents and former presidential excandidates from 2006 to 2016. With this decision, Coronado becomes the first magistrate to issue a sentence for money laundering for the contributions received in presidential campaigns.
It is necessary to highlight that Heredia Alarcón was not present in the Carlos Zavala building of the Judiciary, which is why an order of capture against him was issued.
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During the advancement of the ruling, Coronado determined that the statements of the witnesses, who indicated that Nadine Heredia went to the Venezuelan embassy to receive amounts of money in dollars inside suitcases and/or backpacks for the 2006 electoral campaign. “This money, from our evidence, there is an illegal origin,” he emphasized.
Along the same lines, he said that, during the oral trial that extended for more than three years, 57 witnesses were presented who denied having contributed to the presidential campaigns of 2006 and 2011. Likewise, he added that Nadine Heredia signed false contracts with the company Total Support; This statement was based on the registration of bank deposits made to the Heredia account during the 2006 presidential campaign.
Similarly, the Court determined that the Nationalist Party received US $ 3 million for the 2011 presidential campaign. In addition, the magistrates indicated that, although in Brazil the processes against several investigated were annulled, this does not eliminate the illegality of the money received by the political organization.
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The measure also reaches the brother of the former lady, Ilán Heredia Alarcónwho was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the same crime in the grievance of the State. The Coronado magistrate ordered a search and capture order so that the sentence can be executed from today, April 15. The decision was taken together with Judges Max Veno and Mercedes Caballero García.
For his part, Antonia Alarcón Cubas (mother of Nadine), Rocío Calderón Vinatea and Eladio Mego Guevara were sentenced to five years in prison; However, the court imposed a penalty suspended for four years, under rules of conduct.
The former congressman Santiago Gastañadui and Maribel Vela Arévalo were acquitted of any criminal responsibility.
Similarly, the magistrate sanctioned the Nationalist Party and must pay 100 UIT, therefore, its final dissolution is confirmed, as well as the company all Graph.
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Ollanta Humala is sentenced and taken to the jailer
The members of the High Technology Crimes Investigation Division (DCPJR) of the National Police of Peru (PNP) arrested the former president Ollanta Humala After reading the advancement of the ruling, in which he was sentenced to 15 years of deprivation of liberty with his wife Nadine Heredia.
Consequently, the ex -president was transferred to the basement of the Carlos Zavala building of the Judiciary, where the prison of this institution is located, to comply with the legal sanction against him.