Judge Soledad Barrueto did not admit the request of the Prosecutor’s Office to extend the measure against the former president for 12 months for the Interoceánica Sur case.
He Power of attorney rejection the extension of the impediment to leave the country against former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. This, within the framework of the investigation against him for the crime of collusion to the detriment of the State for allegedly having agreed with the Brazilian company Odebrecht during the administration of former president Alejandro Toledo by benefiting her with the concession of the South Interoceanic Highwaysections 2, 3 and 4.
Indeed, the judge Soledad Barruetohead of the Seventh National Preparatory Investigation Court, declared the request of the Public Ministry to extend for 12 more months unfounded the measure imposed by Judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz on February 16, 2022.
The magistrate issued the same resolution in the case of the former Minister of Transport and Communications Jose Ortiz Rivera, who could not leave the country until last Thursdaydate on which the court decision was revoked.
However, the court ordered to extend for four months the impediment to leave the country to the former head of the Council of Ministers and former executive president of Proinversión, Rene Cornejo Diaz, who also had the measure until last Thursday. Now, the Prosecutor’s Office could continue with the investigation against him until June 16.
For her part, prosecutor Graciela Rojas, from the Special Team of the Prosecutor’s Office in cases odebrecht and Lava Jatopointed out that will appeal the judicial decision, since it ensures that there is a procedural danger and the pending proceedings in the preparatory investigation against PPK et al.
PPK: Chamber revoked exit impediment due to contribution case
Previously, the Third Criminal Chamber of National Appeals revoked the order preventing Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from leaving the country for 36 monthswithin the framework of the investigation that is being followed for the contributions that the political party would have received Peruvians for the Kambio during the 2016 presidential campaign, in the form of money laundering.
According to the tax hypothesis, Kuczynski headed up a criminal organization by “leading a campaign fundraising team receiving contributions of US$100,000 from the company CASA (Construcción y Administración SA), involved in the Construction Club, and that were not registered by the party or informed to the ONPE”.
