On Friday, July 22, with a resolution published in an extraordinary edition of the newspaper El Peruano, a series of changes were made official that restructured the special team that investigates the White Necks of the Port case and all its emblematic processes, among which are that of the former magistrates of the deactivated National Council of the Judiciary, the extradition of Cesar Hinostroza and the one of former judge Walter Ríos.
They are no longer in the team, by disposition and signature of the prosecutor of the Nation, Liz Benavidesthe supreme prosecutor Pablo Sanchez Velarde (who since the beginning of July returned to the position of coordinator of said special team) nor the deputy supreme Fany Quispe Farfan (who was constantly involved in the accusations of corruption against Walter Rios).
The departure of the First Temporary Supreme Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office of Jesus Fernandez Alarconwho submitted his letter of resignation last Tuesday.
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In place of Sánchez, the prosecutor was promoted as coordinator of the team. Jorge Diaz Hairwho worked as the superior prosecutor of downtown Lima. Franklin Tomy López and Isidoro Prado León were also named to fill the positions vacated by Quispe and Fernández on the special team.
Two weeks ago, another of the task force members, Victor Tullume Pisfil, was removed to its place of origin in Áncash. Fany Quispe has now been referred to the Fifth Office of the First Corporate Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of La Victoria-San Luis.
Two versions are handled of the recent modifications. The objective of “that all teams of prosecutors from all areas advance as quickly as possible with their cases”, such as that of the criminal organization ‘Cuellos Blancos’, which began in 2018, according to sources from this medium; and a discrepancy between the Public Ministry and Fernández Alarcón himself, who would have been asked to withdraw confidence from the deputy prosecutor Fany Quispe Farfán. Since Fernández did not accept this, he submitted his resignation during the week.
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In the Public ministry They indicated that the changes occurred only as a result of said resignation. “The course of the processes should not be affected,” they indicated from the entity.
Since the special team for the White Necks case was created on July 5, 2019, the group has made progress in the cases against former counselors Guido Aguila, Julio Gutiérrez and others, early terminations, effective collaboration processes such as that of Walter Ríos, the extension of the extradition against Cesar Hinostroza for the exchange of favors with businessman Salvador Ricciin addition to the first sentence for the same case against Judge Ricardo Chang Recuay.
investigations must continue
The special team of prosecutors for the White Necks of the Port case is divided into four levels: the National Prosecutor’s Office, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, a superior prosecutor’s office and three provincial prosecutor’s offices. This same structure is still in charge of processing thousands of audios in which former prosecutors and former judges are involved in a larger corruption plot that operated in the spheres of the Public Ministry, the Judiciary, ONPE and the defunct CNM.
