The prosecution believes that Vladimir Cerronleader of the Free Peru partywho brought to power peter castleobstructs the investigation that he is doing for alleged money laundering in a case linked to the plot of “The Dynamics of the Center” and that, for this hostile conduct, he must be imprisoned for 36 months.
“Obstruction by the power of Vladimir Cerrón and his party is alleged”, says a source close to the Prosecutor’s Office. This would seek to justify a procedural danger, a requirement for a judge to order preventive detention.
Free Peru holds a considerable share of power in the government. The clearest example is the Ministry of Health. Castillo also has the votes of the perulibrista caucus to avoid vacancy and other impeachment processes in Congress.
The prosecutor Richard Rojas Gómez, of the First Supranational Corporate Prosecutor for Money Launderingin charge of the case, informed the Sixth National Preparatory Investigation Court on Thursday the 10th that it ordered the formalization and continuation of the preparatory investigation against Vladimir Cerron for crimes of aggravated money laundering and criminal organization and other operators of his group.
Others investigated in this case are the current congressmen Waldemar Cerrón, brother of Vladimir, and Guido Bellido. Both were elected with Peru Libre, but the second resigned from this group this week.
Richard Rojas García, who was head of Castillo’s electoral campaign in 2021 and later, already in government, almost became Peru’s ambassador to Venezuela, is also under investigation.
Others investigated are Arturo Cardenas (nicknamed “Pinturita”), Marina Vásquez López, Eduardo Reyes Salguerán, Waldys Vilcapoma, José Bendezú Gutarra, Francisco Muedas Santana and Bertha Rojas López.
The prosecutor considers that they are part of a criminal organization led by Vladimir Cerrón and would have used the Peru Libre party as a front to capture and place illegal money and money from acts of corruption.
Unbalance
An expert report, completed on October 27, reinforces the thesis of the Prosecutor’s Office. This study concludes that in the period from January 1, 2008 to September 10, 2021, Vladimir Cerron has an accumulated equity imbalance of 6 million 387 thousand 70.42 soles.
In addition, it determines that in the same period, Waldemar Cerron accumulates equity imbalance of 179 thousand 405.51 soles.
In Bellido, the expertise detected a patrimonial imbalance of 371 thousand 470.99 soles at that time.
On the same Thursday, the 10th, the prosecutor also presented to the Sixth National Preparatory Investigation Court the request for a 36-month preventive detention against Vladimir Cerrón.
measured reaction
The leader of Peru Libre says he calmly faces this requirement to return him to prison. As is known, he was imprisoned in 2019 for a judicial conviction for corruption.
“I calmly face the arbitrary fiscal request for preventive detention, as the historical moment demands. The party must maintain the combative fiber at all times, no matter how difficult the circumstance, we have overcome more difficult situations “tweeted the investigated leader on Thursday night.
The next day, after the Subcommittee on Constitutional Accusations of Congress approved the report that recommends disqualifying Castillo for treason, he tried new explanations.
“A lot of coincidence: approve accusation of treason against the president and, on the other hand, request preventive detention for me. Coup in progress against the Executive that the people reject! ”, He tweeted.
His militants and congressmen expressed support for him. His lawyers prepare a defense.
What the expert found
Expertise carried out for prosecution concludes that Vladimir Cerrón has an equity imbalance of more than 6 million soles accumulated between 2008 and 2021.
reactions
Jaime Quito, congressman of Free Peru
“Faced with this request, I reaffirm: the Prosecutor’s Office has become politicized, because now it intends to criminalize the political campaign that led to the electoral victory of Peru Libre in the coup line of ignoring the popular vote.”
Elizabeth Taipe, congresswoman from Peru Libre
“It is a disproportionate act (…). The purposes of this action are far from fiscal and judicial logic, and it is, rather, a deep-rooted persecution: to intimidate those of us who fight for the end of the neoliberal model.”
Gines Barrios, former regional councilor of Junín
“Cerrón, his family and those around Peru Libre have managed to specialize in crimes against the state. It is evident how they have laundered dirty money from acts of corruption perpetrated in the Regional Government of Junín.
