Yenifer Paredes, sister-in-law of the president peter castle, did not attend yesterday to answer the questions of the prosecutor Jony Peña for the offer of works that he made in communities of Cajamarca on behalf of the company JJM Espino. In reality, the sister of the first lady Lilia Paredes has not been seen publicly for a week, when the Sunday newspaper Cuarto Poder released the video in which she is seen asking the community members of Chadín for authorization to be able to register them.
Paredes did not even send prosecutor Peña a request to reschedule the procedure. He simply did not attend, an attitude that can be evaluated to require severe measures against the investigated, such as an impediment to leaving the country or even preventive detention.
Peru21 He learned that the prosecutor has been taking an inventory of his folder to send it to the special team led by the superior prosecutor Marita Barreto, who will be in charge of the investigation from now on.
Police sources told this newspaper that, at least until yesterday, the Prosecutor’s Office did not request monitoring of Paredes in order to know his whereabouts. According to the sources, the PNP Anti-Corruption Directorate did not receive any communication in this regard.
Yesterday, when consulted by this newspaper, Benji Espinoza, the president’s lawyer, said that he had not seen her. The Minister of the Interior, Mariano González, told the press that “I am not a vigilante” when asked about the whereabouts of the sister-in-law.
It should be remembered that three investigated very close to Castillo are fugitives: the nephew Fray Vásquez, the former presidential secretary Bruno Pacheco and the friend and former Minister of Transport and Communications, Juan Silva.
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In the first two cases, the Police have not been able to find their location since March. Silva, meanwhile, hasn’t been there for more than a month.
The general manager of JJM Espino is Hugo Espino Lucana, a friend of Yenifer Paredes and one of his visitors at the Government Palace, as recorded in the visitor log.
Espino’s company won a millionaire contract in October 2021 with the Municipality of Cajatambo, a province in the Lima region, just a month after he went to Casa de Pizarro and was received by the Paredes sisters on different dates, according to records. of Presidency.
The work valued at S/3’876,061.73 consisted of the recovery of the infrastructure and equipment of the Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo educational institution, in the district of Gorgor. Fourth Power reported that the school should be handed over last March, but so far its construction has not been completed.
He distances himself from Silva
Yesterday also, the lawyer Benji Espinoza ruled on the S / 50,000 that his client would have received, according to what was indicated by an effective collaborator.
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According to the testimony, former Minister Juan Silva asked businessman Zamir Villaverde for S/100,000 and told him that half was for President Castillo. In this regard, Espinoza said that, based on the demonstration, it is only clear that Silva received the money, not the defense of him.
“We are in the case that the name of the president is being used, but in no way does that prove that the president has received that (the money),” he told Exitosa. She even slipped a “betrayal” from the former head of the MTC, who has a long friendship with the president.