The Public ministry quoted the President of the Republic, peter castle, for next Monday, June 13, and to the former Minister of Transport and Communications, Juan Silva, for this Monday, June 6, for the case of Tarata III. The research covers alleged addresses in projects tendered by Provías Descentralizado and Provías Nacional, entities attached to the MTC.
According to the investigation of the Public Ministry, the president is the head of a criminal organization in the MTC in complicity with former minister Juan Silva to favor companies with the granting of the good pro.
Public Ministry summons Pedro Castillo
Added to this is the fact that Karla Zecenarro, a prosecutor specialized in crimes of corruption of officials, delivered the transcription of an audio between former minister Juan Silva and businessman Zamir Villaverde to the Nation’s prosecutor, Pablo Sánchez. Said material reveals how both colluded to benefit the Spanish company Tableros y Puentes (Tapusa).
The recording dates from November 4, 2021. Zamir Villaverde tells Juan Silva that the Tapusa company commissioned him to give him $100,000 for benefiting it with the construction of the Tarata III Bridge, in the San Martín region, valued at 232.5 million soles .
Likewise, Villaverde comments to Juan Silva about the new works that had to be directed in favor of the portfolio of companies that it had.
In that Panorama, the Public Ministry invited the President of the Republic and the former minister to give their statement as investigated. The entity also cited Fabiola Caballero Sifuentes, former deputy minister of the MTC, as well as Alex Starost (former adviser), Víctor Valdivia Malpartida and Edgar Vargas Mas (MTC selection committee).
Statement from the Public Ministry.
