He former president Alejandro Toledo could have a new sentence. Judge Richard Concepción Carhuancho, of the First National Preparatory Investigation Court, ordered that Toledo Manrique, Marcos de Moura Wanderley, and others investigated by the case Section 4 of the Interoceanic Highwaygo to trial for the alleged crime of collusion and money laundering.
The magistrate announced that on November 8, at 11:30 am, the claim for compensation and the observations presented by the defense counsel of the companies included in this process will be resolved.
“This office, evaluating the legal situation of all those investigated, came to the conclusion that there is probable cause to refer them to an oral trial. For these considerations, it is resolved to declare the substantial validity of the accusatory injunction against those investigated,” the judge determined.
According to the prosecutor’s accusation, those allegedly involved would have received 6 million dollars in bribes from Toledo Manrique, to ensure the awarding of works for the Section 4 of the Interoceanic Highwayfor the benefit of the Brazilian company Camargo Correa.
For this reason, the Prosecutor’s Office requests 35 years in prison against the former president. Meanwhile, for businessman Marco De Moura Wanderley, representative of INTERSUR and general manager of the company Camargo y Correa Sucursal Perú, the entity requests 29 years in prison.
While for the Israeli citizen Avraham Dan On, former confidant and former security chief of Toledo Manrique, the Prosecutor’s Office is asking for a 16 and 8 year sentence.
Alejandro Toledo already has a sentence for the Interoceanic case
At the end of October, after an exhaustive process that included 175 hearings, statements from more than 100 witnesses and the presentation of more than a thousand pieces of documentary evidence, the Second National Collegiate Criminal Court handed down a sentence of 20 years. os and six months in prison for former president Alejandro Toledo Manrique. This sentence was imposed for the commission of crimes of collusion and money laundering in the framework of the South Interoceanic Highway case, sections 2 and 3.
In the case of Alejandro Toledo Manrique, it was determined in court that he colluded with interested individuals, such as Odebrecht, so that, in exchange for a bribe of 35 million dollars, the Brazilian company was awarded the tender for sections 2 and 3 of the Interoceanic Highway, causing damage to the State.
