The Prosecutor’s Office He arrived near the house of the parliamentarian María Agüero to raid and collect information about the ‘Mochassaldos’ casewhich investigates the salary cuts of its office workers. At the same time, around 7:30 in the morning on Tuesday, November 5, representatives of the Public Ministry and police officers were present in the vicinity of the Congress of the Republic to proceed with the unlocking and search of his office within the Legislature.
Raid on the congressional offices of parliamentarian María Agüero. | Photo: The Republic.
However, the congresswoman from Peru Libre would not be in Peru because she participated in the World Anti-Fascist Parliamentary Forum in Caracas, Venezuela, according to information she shared through her social networks and which was announced by the leader of her party. , the fugitive Vladimir Cerrón.
In mid-August, as revealed by the Punto Final program, María Agüero She was accused of receiving more than S/27 thousand in allegedly illegal transfers, coming from cutting the salaries of workers in the parliamentarian’s office. The parliamentarian from Perú Libre joins the list of legislators investigated for the ‘Mochasueldos’ case.
The raided properties of Congresswoman María Agüero
As reported by the Public Ministry, the Prosecutor’s Office, in collaboration with the Area of Illicit Enrichment and Constitutional Complaints and the EFICCOP team, carried out the search of the home of parliamentarian María Agüero Gutiérrez, located in the district of Breña. But also, at the same time, their offices in the Congress of the Republic and two properties in Arequipa were raided.
With these interventions, the authorities seek to gather evidence to support the accusations against him, related to the possible misuse of funds and personal benefits at the expense of his public position. These actions occur within the framework of the investigation for alleged crimes of concussion and illicit enrichment, which involves the congresswoman from Perú Libre.
Raid on the decentralized office in Arequipa of parliamentarian María Agüero. | Photo: Leonela Aquino / URPI-LR
Raid on Congresswoman Agüero’s Breña home. | Photo: Mirian Torres / URPI-LR.
María Agüero speaks out after the Prosecutor’s Office raid
One hour after representatives of the Public Ministry and police officers arrived at her office and home to proceed with the unlocking and search in the investigation being followed by the Prosecutor’s Office, the congresswoman María Agüero used her social networks to rule on the case. However, she downplayed the importance and said she was not surprised by the decision made by the authorities.
“Latina’s ‘research unit’ is a show center and smoke screens that plays against the wall with the Prosecutor’s caviarada. A raid is not surprising, since this is how the instrumentalization of justice operates. For true justice, New Constitution,” reads the publication made through his X account, formerly Twitter.
Congressman from Perú Libre speaks out through his social networks. | María Agüero/X.
They arrest Edson Flores, coordinator of María Agüero in Arequipa
At the same time as the raids, Edson Floreswho served as coordinator of the Liaison Office of Congresswoman María Agüero in Arequipa, was arrested under suspicion of having received more than S/27 thousand in allegedly illicit transfers. According to the journalistic complaint, these amounts would have been collected from workers in Agüero’s office, and transferred to Flores’ account by the congresswoman’s former advisor, César de la Cruz.
Flores was considered a trusted person of Agüero. Since November 2021, he worked at Agüero’s home with a salary of S/3,000, and in 2022 he ran for mayor of the Mariano Melgar district in Arequipa, a campaign that, according to former workers, would have had mandatory support from the office staff.
Why is the Prosecutor’s Office investigating Congresswoman María Agüero?
Three months after the Punto Final program denounced that the coordinator of Congresswoman María Agüero in Arequipa he would have received more than S/ 27 thousand in allegedly illegal transfers from the office workers of the parliamentarian, the Prosecutor’s Office arrived this Tuesday, November 5, at Agüero’s home and office to carry out a raid.
According to the investigation presented in August, the modus operandi would have consisted of the former advisor of the Peru Libre parliamentarian, César de la Cruz, transferring specific amounts to Edson Flores, the congresswoman’s coordinator, on dates that would coincide with the congresswoman’s visits. Agüero to Arequipa, suggesting possible premeditated coordination.
The transactions would have included amounts that ranged between S/1,000 and S/5,000 on various dates between 2022 and 2023. In addition, a former employee of Agüero’s office denounced that the alleged “tithe” would imply the withholding of 10% of the staff’s salary, presumably under instructions from the congresswoman and her team.
Transfers from César de la Cruz to Edson Flores. Source: Final Point.
