Judge Raul Justinianoof the Eighth National Preparatory Investigation Courtdeclared the request of the Special Team against Corruption in Power (Eficcop) and ordered 36 months of preventive detention against Miguel Giraoformer advisor to the Former Attorney General of the Nation dismissed Patricia Benavidesby the so-called Valkyrie case.
The magistrate also imposed this measure against Jose Luis Castillo Alva ‘Pepe Lucho’ and the businessman Giancarlo Valer EncisoThey, along with Girao, will remain in prison until April 22, 2027. No preventive detention was ordered against the former official of the Public Ministry Jorge Luis Palomino Quezada because he suffers from a chronic illness that requires constant medical visits. Instead, he was given an appearance with restrictions and a bail of 5,000 soles.
Judge Raul Justiniano He only spoke out regarding these 4 investigated in compliance with the 48 hours to resolve the request of the Prosecutor’s Office that gave him the Second Constitutional Chamber of Limawhich declared well-founded a habeas corpus petition filed by the defendants for having been deprived of liberty for more than 3 months without their legal situation being resolved.
The ruling on the request for preventive detention against the former member of Diviac, the PNP captain, is still pending Jorge Rodriguez Menachowho would have been the informant of the alleged criminal organization that he would lead Patricia BenavidesMeanwhile, the judge ordered his immediate release and scheduled the continuation of the hearing for Tuesday, July 30, in the evening.
The same goes for the former advisor. Abel Hurtado and Mirtha Gonzalez Yepcouple of Jose Luis Castillo AlvaBoth were arrested, but the National Court of Appeals ordered their release because they did not meet the criteria of procedural dangerousness (risk of flight).
The Provincial Deputy Prosecutor Julio Ormeno He expressed his agreement with Judge Raúl Justiniano’s decision on Turned Isidro, Valer Enciso and Alva Castlewhile he appealed regarding the decision on Palomino Quezada.
The imputation
According to the Court, the roots of Miguel Girao are not of quality, added to the fact that he could “flee, suppress or hide evidence”. The latter is due to the fact that the phone that was found on him at the time of the raid had been activated in the early hours of the same day and that he had hidden his CPU. The judge also considers that it could influence the other suspects.
Likewise, it was determined that there are serious and well-founded elements of conviction against the former advisor. Girao Isidro is attributed with 15 of the 16 facts that are being investigated in this file. EficcopThese are: the removal of Bersabeth Revillaacts of favoritism for Jose Maria Balcazarthe changes in the White Collar Special Teamappointment of prosecutors in exchange for money, receipt of alleged bribes from Oscar Nieves, the purchase of a one million soles apartment, the formulation of false complaints against Marita Barreto and the PNP colonels Harvey Quilting and Walter Lozanothe dismantling of the Lava Jato Special Teamthe disqualification of Zoraida Avalosthe choice of Joshua Gutierrez As Ombudsman, attempted to direct the bidding for a data center public ministrythe attempt to remove the JNJthe alleged bribes in the acquisition of computers and the alleged acts of obstruction during the execution of the Operation Valkyrie V in November 2023.
