On Friday May 27, in what would be the last interrogation before fleeing from justice, the former Minister of Transport and Communications John Silva denied having had any relationship with 6 consortiums and 8 construction companies that during his management won contracts for S / 804.6 million. Then, Silva he still applied the strategy of denying everything or remembering nothing.
The Supreme Deputy Prosecutor Samuel Rojas Chávez asked Silva about the link of each consortium Y business which, according to effective collaborators, obtained tenders arranged by the former minister. “None,” he answered tersely.
As the investigations against President Castillo progress, the case is increasingly linked to the president and those who were his closest entourage. Photo: composition The Republic
At that time, Juan Silva did not know that Zamir Villaverde had delivered to the Prosecutor’s Office the audio of the conversation he had with the former minister, on November 4, 2021, where the “hundred greats” are discussed. According to the recording transcript, Silva and villaverde They talked about several of the consortiums and construction companies, which the former minister later claimed to be unaware of.
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I wasn’t aware either Juan Silva that Villaverde delivered another audio, of a meeting on October 4, 2021, with Juan Silva’s former adviser, Juan Altamirano Sanchez, in which they refer to the hiring of the companies promoted by Zamir Villaverde. Construction companies about which he knew nothing, according to what he argued before the Supreme Prosecutor Samuel Rojas.
The audio was transcribed and validated by the prosecutor Karla Zecenarro on May 25, 2 days before the interrogation of Juan Silva. On Sunday night, the Willax TV program ‘Contracorriente’ broadcast the transcript.
Undoubtedly, on the day of the interrogation, the former minister realized that the prosecution had more compromising information, so Silva after the diligence fled.
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The transcript of the dialogue between Zamir Villaverde and Juan Altamirano confirms the hypothesis of the Prosecutor’s Office that Villaverde coordinated with former Minister Silva the award of public works to companies, with the participation of the nephew of the head of state Fray Vásquez Castillo and the presumed knowledge of the president Peter Castle.
the piece that fits
What is said in the transcript confirms what effective contributor Karelim López said about the agreement between former minister Juan Silva, Zamir Villaverde and the nephews of President Castillo, among them Fray Vasquez Castillo, to benefit the construction companies of the Aguilar Quispe brothers, Engineering Integration of Projects (INIP) and Grupo Constructor & Consultor Asociados, and three Chinese companies with which they formed consortiums.
It’s more, karelim lopez delivered to the Prosecutor’s Office a list of 7 contracts that Decentralized Provías, during the mandate of Juan Silva, granted through irregularities in favor of consortiums of the Aguilar Quispe with the Chinese, for more than 804.5 million soles.
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The brief dialogue between Zamir Villaverde and Altamirano could be irrelevant for those who are not aware of the other transcripts, but without a doubt it is a transcendental piece that corroborates what effective collaborators and witnesses, such as Karelim López and Zamir Villaverde, among others. Especially since it is mentioned that the President Castillo could have been aware of the facts in which not only people you trust are involved, but also members of your family.
Interviewed on Sunday by journalist Julio Navarro from TV Peru, the president said in relation to the audio of John Silva and Zamir Villaverde: “I do not know (the fact) and I reject it. I understand that people in their desperation who claim to be effective collaborators submit to alleged statements. I would like these investigations to be carried out with the speed and seriousness of the case… I reject the fact that on our part a minister has been told ‘do this’, ‘I am going to entrust this sector to you’ or ‘some trusted person has to do this’”.
direct orders
The audio transcript of Zamir Villaverde and Juan Altamirano offers different information. The speakers pointed out on that occasion that the Decentralized Provías contract, in favor of the Sondor Vado Grande Consortium, made up of INIP, of the Aguilar Quispe brothers, and China Civil Engineering Corporation, was by order of Government palace.
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According to the transcript, Zamir Villaverde tells Juan Altamirano, a close friend of Juan Silva, that on Friday, October 1, a contest ordered by the Presidency came out.
“Excellent, John (Altamirano). But, more or less, I tell you something so that you know. On Friday (October 1, 2021) a contest has already come out that came right from the White House (Government Palace) ”.
On September 30, one day before the date in question, the company INIP and its partner China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation effectively won the award for the conservation of the Sondor-Socchabamba-Vado Grande road corridor, in Piura, for an amount of S/ 125.4 million. This would be the work mentioned by Zamir Villaverde. This contract appears precisely in the list of 7 awards that according to Karelim López were manipulated.
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It should not be forgotten that in the audio of November 4, 2021 -one month after the dialogue of the “hundred greats”- Zamir Villaverde He told Juan Silva that he had the “Chinese” insured and that he would get his share.
Continuing with the audio from October 4, Villaverde mentions to Juan Altamirano that there was annoyance at the Government Palace because it was benefiting another group of construction companies, and they asked him to intervene.
“A sheet came saying how is it possible for these club companies to win. They gave me the slogan that I look at it. Then, We had postponed this until Wednesday of this week and oh surprise! On Friday (…) they have given these companies the go-ahead. Now on Wednesday they are going to do the same thing,” Villaverde says, according to the transcript.
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Apparently, Zamir Villaverde complied with the assignment, because the INIP company, owned by the Aguilar Quispe brothers, and its partners, the Chinese construction companies, obtained millionaire contracts at that time.
In any case, for Zamir Villaverde the only way out was to take control of Decentralized Providers.
“So the only way to be able to change these 60 logistics people is for one person to come in and take over and come in with 20 people and be able to grab all the contracts and say: ta, ta, ta, ta. But (it has to be) someone who knows this Torreblanca (Ministry of Transport and Communications). For this reason, I would ask you, that is, (that) the lady (Karelim López), as I told you… Help me, I am not looking for jobs for anyone. What I am trying to do is manage it”.
Management should be interpreted as intermediation in favor of companies that seek to win tenders.
What is in the record
And probably the most relevant part of Zamir Villaverde’s dialogue with Juan Altamirano is where he mentions to the nephew Fray Vásquez Castillo to intercede with his uncle, President Pedro Castillo, to award more contracts with Chinese companies in the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
“That is why I would ask you to give me the chance (opportunity). Look, I know that if you have also asked France (Fray Vásquez Castillo) for a favor, and I have told him, dammit: ‘Please help me, talk to your uncle (the president Pedro Castillo)’, I tell him. ‘We want to carry out this management’, there in Transilvania (Ministry of Transport and Communications), we have put it where you are. Juancito (Silva), help me, as I would like to talk to you “, according to the transcript.
So that there are no doubts about who the interlocutors are, the prosecutor Karla Zecenarro, through a voice recognition record, validated that they were Zamir Villaverde and Juan Altamirano, as adviser to former Minister Silva.
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Furthermore, for the avoidance of any doubt, the prosecutor Karla Zecenarro asked the witness to clarify the code references.
“When Zamir Villaverde refers to the ‘White House,’ he is talking about the Government Palace, he is referring to two tenders for two works in the TCM, in which they gave the good pro to club companies. When he refers to ‘France’ in the audio, they are referring to Fray (Vásquez Castillo). And when they refer to ‘Transylvania’, they mean the MTC. Y when speaking of the ‘miss’, they refer to Karelim López. And when they refer to the ‘uncle’, they refer to the President of the Republic (Pedro Castillo)”, Prosecutor Karla Zecenarro left the record in the record.
That is, in the language of Zamir Villaverde, the ‘uncle’ from the ‘White House’ knew everything.
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certificate of record
The mention about the president peter castle in the conversation between Zamir Villaverde and John Altamirano, and the respective recognition of the voices, according to the tax record.
