A witness revealed that not only horse meat was delivered, Qali Warma also distributed to low-income children cans of chicken, sweetbreads and other canned goods from the “Don Simón” brand that were in poor sanitary conditions.
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According to the Sunday newspaper “Cuarto Poder”, an official document indicates that Qali Warma warned 20 regions not to distribute the ‘Don Simón’ preserves, but these continued to circulate in schools and win contracts and addendums.
The program reported that so far in 2024, the Frigoinca company, which produces canned chicken, meat and pork under the ‘Don Simón’ brand, achieved nearly 100 million soles in contracts and addendums in the regions of Áncash, Ayacucho, Ica and Madre de Diosin consortium with other companies in the sector.
“Fourth Estate” He stressed that the prosperity for said company came when Dina Boluarte She was Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, and Julio Demartini was Vice Minister. Furthermore, at that time The director of Qali Warma was the now presidential spokesperson, Fredy Hinojosaalthough the latter denies any connection.
Testimony
Noemí Alvarado, a former employee of the company Frigoinca, owned by Nilo Burga, which produces the ‘Don Simón’ brand, revealed to said journalistic program more details of how the businessman would have played with the health of hundreds of students of the Qali Warma program, delivering non-profit food. for human consumption.
The former worker indicated that chicken meat and giblets with rodent feces would have been found inside the cans of canned food.
“Mrs. Ruth, from the secondary school level, called me; mentions that in a canned chicken, while they were cooking, they found something black, similar to feces, possibly rat, stuck there. He also commented that some parents took these preserves to their homes,” he said.
Furthermore, these preserves did not meet the regulatory weight of the contents of the cans either. The former Frigoinca worker has evidence.
“When there was a product that said no release, no distribution, no consumption, they sent to pick up that product, they took it to Pacanga. “They erased the date and coded it again and made another batch,” he referred.
The Sunday newspaper reported on an official document that shows that since last May 3, Qali Warma already knew that the Don Simón brand had products in poor condition. The memorandum was distributed to the heads of the territorial units of Áncash, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Metropolitan Lima, Lima Provinces, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua , Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martín, Tacna, Amazonas, Tumbes and Ucayali.
However, ‘Don Simón’ continued to circulate through the country’s schools and obtain million-dollar contracts in the State.
According to Noemí Alvarado, Nilo Burga – owner of the Frigoinca company – gave the orders and his son, Michael Burga Farro, was second in command. “Michael was my direct boss; He just followed his dad’s instructions. Sometimes I would argue with him and say: No, there may be children who get poisoned or who don’t like it. But his father responded: what does it matter to you? Is he your son?”, he recounted.
