The congressman Dávila Passion (Socialist bench) asked the prosecutor of the Nation, Delia Espinozainvestigate a Rafael López Aliaga and other officials of the Municipality of Lima For the “donation” of the wagons, locomotives and spare parts granted by the railway company Caltrain. According to the trade sent by the parliamentarian, a “undercover sale” would have been constituted despite the fact that the rail material was initially presented as a “donation.”
The request of July 23 of the legislator asks the holder of the Public Ministry arrange “immediately” the preliminary investigation against the burgomaster for the alleged crimes of fraud of customs income, embezzlement, abuse of authority, collusion and ideological falsehood.
“It is summoned to declare the mayor as investigated Rafael López Aliaga and municipal officials responsible for the operation. (…) The severity of the facts denounced merits an exhaustive and immediate investigation to determine criminal responsibilities, “reads the document sent to the Prosecutor’s Office.
In the same way, the trade requires that the Prosecutor’s Office request MML documentation on the operation of trains acquisition Caltrainas well as contracts, payment orders, support for the “patrimonial technical value” and Minutes of the Metropolitan Council.
Meanwhile, it is added to the request to coordinate with the United States authorities in order to obtain the official documentation of Caltrain about the real nature of the operation.
The complaint
Congressman’s complaint Dávila Passion It is held in three points: the first one in an alleged falsehood in the customs declaration. Dávila argues that the rail material was declared before the SUNAT as a “donation.” However, the legislator mentioned that “the official donation letter issued by Caltrain consigned a total value of US $ 4.9 millionwhile the MML records the same operation with a value of S/822 million.
He also stressed that the official documents of Caltrain “They reveal that in the session of the Citizens Advisory Committee of January 15, 2025 the operation was described as ‘Sale of Locomotoras’ and not as a donation, cataloging the trains as part of the ‘Retirement of the diesel fleet’ and ‘its retired equipment’.
“Before the operation with Lima, Caltrain had published a public sales call to get rid of the material rolling obsolete,” is added to the complaint.
The second point that supports the congressman’s complaint is an alleged concealment of payments. Dávila said that former Minister Rafael Rey had revealed that the MMML “did pay more than US $ 7 million to Caltrain, contradicting the official version of the” donation “.
The third and last point is from an alleged fraudulent statement of machinery. The legislator argued that the MML would have artificially inflated the value of the trains and locomotives of US $ 4.9 million to S/822 million soles, alleging an “inexplicable technical value patrimonial value.”
