Defense Minister Walter Ayala Gonzales, and the Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic, Bruno Pacheco Castillo, abused their positions to promote the promotion of rank of colonels EP Ciro Bocanegra Loayza and Carlos Sanchez Cahuancama, known as the ‘Chotanos’, officers who work in the Government Palace and are close to President Pedro Castillo, indicates in its provision of initiation of investigation the prosecutor of the Nation, Zoraida Avalos.
The pressures for the improper granting of the highest degree of Ayala and Pacheco fell on former Army commanders general Jose Vizcarra Alvarez and the Air Force Jorge Chaparro Pinto, who by refusing the palatial demands They were relieved of their positions and passed into retirement, according to the testimony of these before the press and the Defense Commission of Congress.
According to fiscal provision No. 1, of today Thursday, November 10, signed by the National Prosecutor, the minister is charged with Walter Ayala and the secretary general Bruno pacheco the fact that “the former general commander of the Army and the Air Force has been interested in and required in an irregular and arbitrary manner, with abuse of his position, to be promoted to the rank immediately above the Army officers Ciro Bocanegra Loayza and Carlos Sánchez Cahuancama , as well as the officers of the Peruvian Air Force Edgar Briceño Camero, Carlos Castillo (Ruiz) and Herbert Vilca (Vargas), respectively. These officers would not have been proposed by the selection boards of the armed institutes in question, “says the fiscal document to which La República had access.
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For the prosecutor of the Nation, the facts attributed to Walter Ayala and Bruno Pacheco are of criminal relevance, as they acted as Minister of Defense and Secretary General of the Presidency.
Citing the investigative reports of La República, the prosecutor of the Nation emphasizes that the beneficiaries of the pressure exerted by Minister Ayala and Secretary Pacheco were the colonels EP Ciro Bocanegra Loayza and Carlos Sánchez Cahuancama, members of the personal environment of the President Pedro Castillo.
Ciro Bocanegra is a civilian to the head of State – both are from Tacabamba, Chota – and works in the Military House of the Government Palace, while Carlos Sánchez is at the disposal of the first lady, Lilia Paredes.
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Colonels Ciro Bocanegra and Sánchez did not reach the qualifications and, consequently, did not obtain a vacancy to be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, as they intended.
The Republic also revealed that the same presidential secretary Bruno Pacheco demanded that the former commander general of the FAP Jorge Chaparro promote Major General Edgar Briceño Camero to the rank of lieutenant general.
Later, Pacheco sent an emissary to the former commander general of the FAP, Colonel PNP Wilberto Bernal Rabanal, with whom he works at the Government Palace. Bernal reiterated the request to Major General Jorge Chaparro to unduly grant the rank of Lieutenant General to Edgar Briceño.
YOU CAN SEE Colonel PNP Chotano was the one who asked for the promotion of Major General FAP
In statements to this newspaper, Briceño indicated that he did not know Bruno Pacheco. In any case, General Chaparro indicated that there is evidence of Wilberto Bernal’s visit to his office to demand the promotion of Briceño.
Colonel PNP Wilberto Bernal He is also a native of Chota, like President Pedro Castillo.
In their statements to the Defense Commission, the former general commanders of the Army and the FAP indicated that several officers were “recommended” for undue promotion. It is expected that in the course of the tax investigation the identity of these officers who intended to cheat will be revealed.
It is not ruled out that the tax investigation reaches other authorities.
To the letter. PNP Colonel Wilberto Bernal demanded promotion for General FAP Edgar Briceño. Photo: LR composition
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“The 10 EP division generals must be investigated”
Jesus Barboza, the attorney for Brigadier Generals EP Julio Domínguez Pasco and Marco Campos Gerónimo, stated that the investigation ordered by the National Prosecutor, Zoraida Ávalos, you must incorporate the cases of your sponsored. Domínguez and Campos have asked President Pedro Castillo for an appointment to inform him of the anomalies in the promotion process.
“All Army Major Generals, including former Commander General José Vizcarra, who participated in the promotion process must be investigated,” Barboza pointed out.
“The Office of the Prosecutor must also urgently request the entire administrative file of promotions to the rank of general of division, referring especially to the 1988 and 1989 promotions. There you will find what the complainants say,” he said.
