Silvia Barrera Vasquez came to light on July 23, 2021, when the former mayor of Villa María del Triunfo entered the Government Palace with Bruno Pacheco before Pedro Castillo donned the presidential sash. In the last hours, his name came to the fore againbecause now the former mayoral authority would fulfill the task of being the intermediary between the former presidential secretary and his legal defensedespite the fact that he has been a fugitive for more than two months.
According to the publication of the weekly Hildebrandt en sus trece, Silvia Barrera would have knowledge of Pacheco’s whereabouts, she would even have been an accomplice so that the one investigated for alleged cases of corruption of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) make video calls with his legal defense in his luxurious home in La Planicie, which is located in the district of La Molina.
The weekly information also slides some passages from the close relationship between Barrera and Pacheco. Both met during the electoral campaign for the 2021 general elections. Likewise, the former mayor visited Castillo’s former right-hand man up to nine times when he was serving as presidential secretary.
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Although the former official affirms that her visits were due to social work for the district of Villa María del Triunfo, said version does not coincide with the chats discovered by the Lima Gris portal, which revealed the pressure exerted by Pacheco on the head of Sunat, Luis Verato benefit the Deltron group, a company linked to Barrera due to its relationship with businessman Raul Torpoco.
In this context, the Public Ministry investigates her for the alleged crime of influence peddling. In addition to the fact that she would have knowledge of the whereabouts of Bruno Pacheco.
Who is the former mayor of Villa María del Triunfo? Here we present her biography, resume, work experience and the accusations against her.
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Bruno Pacheco was sentenced to 36 months of preventive detention along with Pedro Castillo’s nephews. Photo: composition Fabrizio Oviedo / La República
Biography
Silvia Barrera She was mayor of Villa María del Triunfo during the period 2011-2014. She was born in Sacanche, Huallaga province, in the San Martín region, on June 20, 1975.
unfinished studies
He completed higher studies at the Computronic Institute, where he followed a career in Systems. She also studied Conciliation at the Ministry of Justice and, a short time later, she decided to study Law at the San Juan Bautista Private University, to later complement her knowledge at the ESAN University, as a public manager.
He never finished any career, he registers law studies, but he did not finish them.
Political life
She entered politics with the National Restoration party and was a councilor in the Villa María district during the 2007-2010 administration. She then runs for mayor in 2010 with Peru Possible and assumes that position from January 1, 2011 until 2014.
Accusations against you
Apart from being linked to Bruno Pacheco, the former mayor registers complaints against him. On November 1, 2015, she was arrested and framed by the Police for entering a piece of land in the Carabayllo district that did not belong to her with thugs; however, she pointed out that the property belongs to the mining company of her husband, businessman Raúl Torpoco Cedrón.
For his part, the mayor of Carabayllo, Rafael Álvarez Espinoza, clarified to the media that former mayor Silvia Barrera Vásquez had no reason to claim land that did not belong to her. According to the complaint, the district she represented has been the victim of traffickers of municipal land.
