This Sunday, August 28, starting at 4:00 pm, Judge Johnny Gómez Balboa, of the Third Preparatory Investigation Court, announces his decision on the prosecutor’s request for 36 months of preventive detention for Yenifer Paredessister-in-law of President Pedro Castillo, and for José Nenil Medina, mayor of the Chotano district of Anguía, in Cajamarca.
The Special Team of Prosecutors Against Corruption in Power investigates Yenifer Paredes and José Nenil Medina as alleged members of a criminal network within the Ministry of Housing, which would be led by Pedro Castillo. They attribute the function of ‘lobbyist’ to the president’s sister-in-law; and the mayor of Anguía, the operator.
The Public Ministry argued that there is a risk that both investigated will escape and obstruct the investigations, in particular due to their links with the president and with the political power of the alleged criminal organization within the Executive. For this, they considered his preventive detention necessary.
To support all this, documentation of the tenders, bank deposit reports, findings during the raids, flight reports, witness statements and those investigated, intelligence reports, etc. were presented as evidence.
For its part, the defense of both investigated rejected all investigations and assured that both Yenifer Paredes and José Nenil Medina are willing to collaborate with the tax investigations.
