The Sánchez Aranda brothers, Owners of ‘Mi Barrunto’ were captured next to the drug trafficker Edwin Cueva Leónbetter known as ‘wig’. In last May 2023, Luis Sánchez Aranda, aroused the attention of the authorities after viral videos were made in which his assets are observed. In this context, the Prosecutor’s Office announced a scheme that has worked from the preliminary investigation against Luis Enrique Sánchez Aranda, owner of ‘Mi Barrunto’, According to Document Sánchez and Andrés Hurtado, who is currently in preventive detention, they would be part of an money laundering network.
The famous Cevichería ‘Mi Barrunto’ restaurant He is well known for the striking figures that frequent him, soccer players such as the player Jefferson Farfán, politicians such as former president Martín Vizcarra, singers and people of the show. According to video registered by the anti -drug agents in 2023, León or ‘Peluca’ is observed with Augusto, Jonathan and Luis ‘Lucho’ Sánchez Aranda at different times and days in front of ‘Mi Barrunto’
‘Peluca’ managed to register his death to evade a deprivation of liberty of 15 years for drug trafficking, and while for the PNP, the drug trafficker was dead, Dirandro monitored its operations. In the videos registered by the agents, it is observed that Peluca has a gold ring and a very striking watch, it also mobilized in a luxurious BMW.
The Prosecutor’s Office states that the brothers would have received money from drug trafficking to enter the financial system formally through their restaurant. “Being allegedly admitted to the national money of illicit origin through typical money laundering acts that are conversion and concealment, being those illicit gains obtained would come from illicit drug trafficking, influence peddling, among other criminal activities,” It is read in the fiscal document according to the reported reported in fourth power.
Owner of ‘My Barrunto’ would have heritage unbalance
In addition, for the Public Ministry there would be a patrimonial imbalance that rises to more than 3 and a half million dollars or 12 million soles, and that suppose that it would have been transferred from Panama. Videos disseminated in social networks evidences the ‘generosity’ that Sánchez Aranda has when giving money bundles to the players of a soccer sports meeting in the district of La Victoria.
“A possible unjustified patrimonial increase and excessive wealth samples that the investigated exhibit due to the fact that since 2020 it boasts through its social networks, to give cash to its players of their soccer team in the championship of the future “, argues the fiscal document.
‘Luchito Barrunto’ has properties valued in large amounts of money in the most exclusive areas of Lima, it has a house located on Golf Avenue Los Incas that is appraised in 1 million dollars, an apartment in Monterrico of 920 thousand soles and two others Located in groove for more than half a million each, its cars also do not go unnoticed, it is presumed that within 2 years it spent approximately 800 thousand dollars in the acquisition of a Lamborghini Urus, a Mercedes Benz C200 used, a BMW X7 and a Ferrari F8. To all this, the purchase of the Porsche Cayenne is added for 30 thousand dollars to Andrés Hurtado, who was decided 3 months at Ah Entertaiment Company SAC, owned by ‘Chibolin’.
According to the criminal lawyer, Elías Puelles the crime of basic money laundering has sentences between 8 and 15 years, but if it refers to drug trafficking, extortion or trafficking in persons, who qualify as serious crimes, the penalty is not under 25 years and 35 years in prison maximum.