He Seventh National Preparatory Investigation Court declared the request of the mayor of Lima unfounded, Rafael Lopez Aliagato file his case for the crime of money laundering, in the form of concealment of illicit funds.
The mayor had supported his request by appealing to the technical means of defense known as the exception of inadmissibility of action.
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In his ruling, Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz, invoking OAS regulations and Supreme Court jurisprudence, recalled that these lean towards the substantive and procedural autonomy of the crime of money laundering compared to the prior crime of aggravated collusion from which the money from corruption allegedly comes, which does not prevent the mayor from being prosecuted.
The Prosecutor’s Office accuses López Aliaga of having participated in activities related to crimes of corruption of public officials as a partner and as general manager of the company Acres Invesments SA.
The Public Prosecutor’s thesis states that the mayor obtained illicit money in amounts that amounted to one million soles from the Municipal Fund of Popular Credit of Lima between 2012 and 2014.
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