A judge ordered five months in preventive detention to the ex -president for alleged bribes when he was governor of Moquegua.
The judge Jorge Chávez Tamariz issued this Thursday Five months of pretrial detention against the former president of Peru Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) for considering that there is a danger of escape, in the case that investigates it by alleged bribes When it was Governor of Moquegua (2011-2014).
In Public Hearingthe magistrate read the resolution after the prosecutor’s presentation Germán Juárezwho detailed payments for 2.3 million soles to companies awarded to the works Lomas de Ilo and the Expansion of the Moquegua Hospitalsupposedly requested by the then governor.
The judge of first instance affirmed that there is procedural and escape danger and questioned the roots of Vizcarra, by asserting that his wife, Maribel Díazand their youngest son live in another city and that at least one of the Labor contracts presented is “questionable“Because the company runs her wife and Shareholders They are his daughters.
Martín Vizcarra will be sent to Barbadillo, along with other former presidents of Peru
After resolution, the National Police led to Vizcarra to the Matter of the Judiciary, waiting for the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) authorize your entry to the prison of Barbadillowhere former presidents are held Alejandro Toledo (by money laundering) and Pedro Castillo (prosecuted for your bankrupt coupling attempt).
Alejandro Toledo.
The magistrate said there was founded elements of conviction on the commission of the crime, with serious suspicion and procedural danger reasonable
Before the ruling, Vizcarra declared that he continued to trust the Judicial Branchdespite “via crucis“That he considers unfair. He argued that his Labor roots is “full”, Which traveled six times In recent months by Work contracts and activities with Peru Prime.
The Prosecutor’s Office requested a 15 -year prison sentence
Despite the measure, the judge clarified that Vizcarra’s guilt is not determined with itbut it is a measure of coercion to submit it to a criminal process, in which The Prosecutor’s Office requests a sentence of 15 years in jail.
The prosecutor considered that there is a risk of escape before your sentence, due to the severity of the crime that is imputed to the former Peruvian president.
Juarez said there is a “Political proselytism” as a candidate for elections 2026, Despite having been disabled by Congress to exercise public positions, and what is “”A contract to appear that has labor roots. “
Source: Ambito
