At 4:47 pm, he entered the Table of Parts of the Congress the constitutional complaint prepared by the National Prosecutor’s Office against President Pedro Castillo Terrones and two former ministers. They accuse the head of state of leading an alleged criminal organization from government palace to obtain illegal economic benefits.
The document, which has 376 pages, details the clues that allow us to conclude that Castillo is the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of aggravated criminal organization, influence peddling and collusion in the cases known as MTC-Puente Tarata, Petroperú and the Ministry of Housing, accumulated in the fiscal file No. 251-2021.
“We have found very serious and revealing indications of the existence of an alleged criminal organization entrenched in the Government with the purpose of capturing, controlling and directing the contracting processes in the different levels of the State to obtain illicit profits”, said the Nation’s prosecutor, Patricia Benavidez, in a statement released shortly after on the social networks of the Public ministry.
She was accompanied by the whole team Special of Prosecutors against Corruption in Power, among them the colonel Harvey Quilt, whom Castillo asked to withdraw.
The complaint also includes former Minister of Transport and Communications Juan Silva Villegas, for criminal organization and collusion; and to former Minister of Housing Geiner Alvarado, by criminal organization.
Benavides pointed out that the investigation carried out revealed that those involved obtained economic benefits from appointments to key positions, charged percentages of the bids and there was an illicit use of presidential powers.
He urged Congress to invoke the UN Convention against corruption, which Peru has signed, in order to charge Castillo before the judiciary. “It is the exclusive and exclusive responsibility of Congress to decide on the processing of the constitutional complaint…”, stated the National Prosecutor.
Petroperu case
The complaint states that the alleged criminal organization led by Castillo appointed Hugo Chávez in the General Management of Petroperú at the request of the employer Fermin Silva, with the aim of controlling and directing the contracting processes of biodiesel, in order to favor the company Heaven Petroleum Operator.
It affirms that in October of last year the President of the Republic met with Chávez and the representatives of the interested company to favor them.
Notes that Castillo would have received 2 million soles from Karelim López, through Secretary General Bruno Pacheco. As an indication, she mentions the party she organized for the president.
MTC-Tarata Bridge Case
In this case, they would have appointed officials related to the Government to manipulate the hiring processes in Decentralized Provías last year. This counting on the participation of the then minister, Juan Silva.
They concluded that they carried out actions to irregularly benefit the Puente Tarata III Consortium, which won the award for the work. They gave him time to have a certificate of power of attorney from one of his consortia, which was a mandatory requirement to submit the offer.
They also did not notice that two companies in the consortium had a legal impediment.
It indicates that in November Silva received 100,000 soles as an advance in “good faith” for the Tarata Bridge tender.
Case Ministry of Housing
The prosecution team concluded that President Castillo coordinated the appointment of officials from his environment in the Ministry of Housing and Construction with the aim of controlling and directing the contracting processes according to their benefits.
In these circumstances, he issued an emergency decree that allowed the transfer of 34 million soles to said ministerial portfolio to finance urban and rural sanitation works. Precisely, that decree included seven projects that later directed companies consortium with Lenus SAC, directed by the nephew of Fermín Silva Cayatopa, a friend of President Castillo.
Likewise, other works were given to other businessmen “friends” or their relatives, such as the sister of the businessman José Espino, known for his ties to Yenifer Paredes, sister-in-law of the president.
The investigation indicates that, in addition, illegal agreements were made, such as the payment of 200,000 soles to the mayor of Anguía, Nenil Medina, currently in prison.
The constitutional claim
The prosecution considers that it meets the conclusions of three accumulated investigations: Tarata, Petroperú and Ministry of Housing cases.
The data
operating body. Research indicates that Castillo leads the alleged criminal organization and acts with the support of the shadow cabinet, the family arm, the congressional arm, the ministerial arm and some officials, among others.
