To determine if the president’s sister-in-law peter castleYenifer Paredes Navarro, turned to him to obtain favors for the benefit of the State supplier JJM Espino Engineering & Construction, Deputy Prosecutor Juan Zúñiga intervened in the Government Palace to carry out investigative procedures.
The Sixth Office of the First Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in Corruption of Officials, which dispatches the prosecutor Jony Peña Suasnábar, has determined that the owner of JJM Espino Engineering & Construction, Hugo Espino Lucana, he visited the Government Palace five times, between August 8 and October 18. On two occasions he met with Yenifer Paredes Navarro, and once with the first lady, Lilia Paredes Navarro.
Detonating. The video of Castillo’s sister-in-law has complicated the president’s situation. Photo: diffusion
The striking thing is that between those dates, on September 16, 2021, the company of the friend of the president’s sister-in-law won the award of a work of the Provincial Municipality of Cajatambo for 3 million 876 thousand soles.
The prosecution launched an investigation for alleged influence peddling after the Sunday program Cuarto Poder broadcast a video in which Yenifer Paredes appears in the town of La Succha, in the district of Chadín, province of Chota (Cajamarca), to whose residents he informed of the approval of a sanitation project, to whom he said he would take a census to find out who needed drinking water. And then Paredes said that he would take the information “to the Central Government.”
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According to Sunday, Yenifer Paredes was wearing a vest with the logo of the company JJM Espino Engineering & Construction and the owner was also present. of this, Hugo Espino Lucana. Simultaneously, the deputy prosecutor Javier Cuadros complied with a document display diligence at the headquarters of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, regarding the execution of projects in the town of La Succha.
The municipality of Chadin indicated that the water and sewage works for this district were managed by Mayor César Castillo and not by Yenifer Paredes, according to the correspondent of Radioprogramas in Cajamarca.
Anggi Espino Lucana, sister of the owner of JJM Espino Engineering & Constructionowns another company, Destcon Ingenieros y Arquitectos. After visits to the Government Palace, on November 25, 2021, the Anguía district mayor’s office – where President Pedro Castillo was formed and even ran for mayor in 2002-, awarded Destcon Ingenieros y Arquitectos a sanitation work for 3 million soles. It doesn’t seem like a coincidence.
frequent visits
A detail that jumps to the fore, and that generates suspicions, are the five visits made by businessman Hugo Espino Lucana to the Government Palace between the months of August, September and October 2021. The Republic accessed the Presidency registry in order to know who Hugo Espino met when he frequented the presidential institution.
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Hugo Espino’s first visit to the Government Palace was recorded on August 8, 2021. The businessman met with the first lady, Lilia Paredes, for more than five hours. His entry was given at 3:20 pm and ended at 9:09 pm
Secretary. Bruno Pacheco had calls with Vasquez. Photo: diffusion
On August 31, he returned to the Palace, but this time to visit Yenifer Paredes. His appointment lasted up to three hours. The following month, on September 3, they came together in a meeting that lasted only an hour.
The other meetings in the Government Palace, according to the registry of Presidencythey gave on October 6 and 10, although this time he did not meet with Yenifer or Lilia, but with the Undersecretary General for more than nine and three hours, respectively.
compromising record
The result of lifting the secrecy of communications, in accordance with the Congress Oversight Commission, is the key evidence to prove the existence of a criminal organization directed from the Government Palace. According to the report and the president of the commission, Congressman Héctor Ventura, when the secrecy of the communications to the nephew of President Fray Vásquez Castillo was lifted, a constant flow of calls was found telephone calls with the Government Palace, the former Minister of Transport and Communications Juan Silva and the operator Zamir Villaverde.
Nexus. Zamir Villaverde had communication with Vásquez and Silva. Photo: diffusion
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These calls coincided with important dates of the good pro for the tender for the construction of the Tarata Bridge, over the Huallaga River, carried out by Provías Descentralizado, which was awarded to the Puente Tarata III consortium. The president would have used two different telephone numbers for these communications.
A first issue, revealed by lobbyist and would-be effective contributor, Karelim Lopez Arredondois registered in the name of César Loardo Mora, a member of the Peru Libre political party. The other number has as its title the eldest son of the president, but since the calls were made late at night, it is presumed that this equipment was used by the president for coordination with his nephew.
The historical record of calls is complemented by that of visits to the Government Palace. “Fray Vásquez Castillo, nephew of the president peter castlefrom July 28, 2021 has recorded constant visits to the Government Palace; at the same time it remained in the property located in the Sarratea passage, district of Breña, as well as participating in protocol events of the Government”, says the commission.
Fray Vásquez, the nephew. Photo: diffusion
This is how they meet 43 telephone calls made by Fray Vásquez with businessman Segundo Sánchez Sánchez, owner of the house in Sarratea, before July 20, with an average duration of between one minute and one and a half minutes.
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After July 20 and until September 16, there are another 32 calls. Then there have been 17 visits by Fray Castillo to the Government Palace, between July 21 and September 24, 2021. Additionally, there are 13 telephone calls from Fray Vásquez to one of the numbers used by President Castillo, between May 20 and July 7, 2021. There are three other calls to that same number, between July 26 and 29, 2021. And another nine calls with another number, between July 26 and November 1, 2021.
They confirm the role of Yenifer Paredes
According to César Castillo, mayor of Chadín, Chota, Cajamarca, Yenifer Paredes came to the community of La Succha at her invitation to see the water and sanitation project. He added that Paredes recommended JJM Espino Engineering & Construction SAC to prepare the project’s technical file, reported RPP.
Castle stated that Yenifer Paredes and the other young people did not return to the place and that the technical profile of the project valued approximately between 6 and 7 million soles in the end did not materialize.
