The judicial scenario facing Vladimir Cerrón, leader of Peru Libre, could become complicated in the coming days. To the request for 36 months of pretrial detention against him requested by the Judiciary, for the alleged commission of money laundering and criminal organization, is now added an accusation of money laundering through false contributions to the party of the.
According to what was revealed in a report on the Panorama program, a total of 95 people from Huancayo were reported as contributors to the electoral campaign that led Pedro Castillo to the presidency of the Republic. However, none of them made any money delivery or had any known relationship with the political networks of the pencil party.
In other words, their identity would have been falsified to pass money of unknown origin, an estimate of $46,920.00, to the coffers of the political group born in Junín. In other words, there would have been a situation of “ghost contributions” to justify an irregular monetary flow.
Those affected speak
One of the people who appeared on this list of alleged contributors is Carmen Solano Chuquillanqui (72), who, in addition to denying having maintained any connection with the Perulibrista campaign, stated that she felt affected by this situation, which has involved her in a judicial conflict of whose origin unknown.
“I have not given a penny, I do not belong to any political party. I never even know all the people that have mentioned me. I would like to know (how does a contribution of $3,000 appear in your name) that too. My dignity, my self-esteem trampled. I was totally disoriented. What do I do, why am I going to stay with my arms crossed! ”, She points out.
Another of those affected is a taxi driver from Huanca, who preferred to keep his identity anonymous for security reasons. He affirms, contrary to what appears in documents presented by Peru Libre, he did not contribute a single sol to his campaign and even less, he has a political relationship with Cerrón’s political movement.
“I never gave 800 soles, but I received a summons from the prosecutor’s office. What’s more, I was spending with my lawyer. I went to Lima. I have never, ever belonged to Peru Libre. I have no relationship with them,” the man told Panorama.
Free Peru criminal organization
As established in the tax hypothesis, what was declared by the witnesses in the case would be just one of the ways in which the so-called “Peru Libre Criminal Organization” operated, which would have used networks such as “Los Dinámicos del Centro”, “Los Tyrants of the Center”, the mafia of the brevetes, as well as criminal actions such as the collection of quotas, and illegal quotas of militants of the pencil party to obtain financing.
This criminal structure, according to the Public Ministry, would consist of five levels of action:
- First level (leader): Vladimir Cerrón.
- Second level (leaders): Waldemar Cerrón and Guido Bellido (Peru Libre congressmen) and Richard Rojas.
- Third and fourth level: fundraisers and coordinators of “Dinámicos del Centro”.
- Fifth level (front men): Bertha Rojas López, mother of Vladimir Cerrón.
The money obtained by Peru Libre would have been “invested” in different causes in favor of the personal and political objectives of Vladimir Cerrón. These include:
- Financing of parliamentary and presidential campaigns 2021.
- Purchase of local supporter of the Center of Lima
- Favor the personal bank account of Vladimir Cerrón
- The payment of the bond against Vladimir Cerrón estimated at more than 800,000 soles.
