Public Ministry Conducts Search and Seizure Operation at Martín Vizcarra’s Residence: The Untouchables of Corruption Investigation

2024-03-18 16:07:00
A tax team arrived at 4:00 am to the building where former President Martín Vizcarra’s apartment is located. | Latin

Since the early hours of today, Monday, March 18, the Attorney General’s Office has been carrying out a search and seizure operation at the homes of former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra and former Minister of Transportation, Edmer Trujillo, in the cities of Lima and Moquegua. as part of the investigation that the Public Ministry is continuing into the alleged criminal network that the former president would lead ‘The Untouchables of Corruption’.

This legal diligence, directed by the Illicit Enrichment and Constitutional Complaints team of the Public Ministry, focused on residences located in San Isidro and Surquillo in the capital, as well as in the province of Mariscal Nieto.

The authorities are conducting these investigations under the presumption that Vizcarra served as the alleged leader of a criminal organization and promoter of acts of collusion; while Trujillo is being examined under similar accusations of participation in a criminal conspiracy and collusion.

In the aforementioned procedure, the measure of search and seizure of assets and documents in the homes of former president Martín Vizcarra and Edmer Trujillo is carried out.

According to the information shared by the Attorney General’s Office on social networks, “a simultaneous operation is being carried out in the regions of Lima and Moquegua, in the investigation once morest Martín Vizcarra Cornejo and Edmer Trujillo Mori.” The procedure is carried out following obtaining authorization from the supreme judge of Preparatory Investigation, Juan Carlos Checkley Soria, who is handling the case.

“In the aforementioned procedure, the measure of search and seizure of assets and documents is carried out in the homes of the aforementioned defendants, located in the districts of San Isidro and Surquillo (Lima) and in Mariscal Nieto (Moquegua),” said the Ministry. Public.

The former president was surprised by the operation and received the prosecutors dressed in pajamas. | Public ministry

At Vizcarra’s residence, located in a building on block 12 of Dos de Mayo Avenue in San Isidro, a police contingent was deployed and cordoned off the exterior of the multi-family building where former President Martín Vizcarra resides. The operation on this property began around 4:00 am this Monday.

The prosecutors, in charge of the diligence, went up to the eighth floor and there they were received by Vizcarra Cornejo, who was wearing pajamas according to the videos shared by the Public Ministry. Subsequently, and at the request of the former president, he was allowed to change his sleeping clothes, and was accompanied to his room by a police officer.

“This was due to the fact that the same resolution of the Judiciary urges respect for the modesty of the accused during the proceedings, in accordance with the provisions of article 216 of the Criminal Procedure Code,” the Public Ministry indicated in a publication on its networks. social.

Operative of the Public Ministry is part of the investigations that are being followed for allegedly being the leader of the criminal organization ‘The Untouchables of Corruption’

“Martín Vizcarra Cornejo is being investigated for being the alleged perpetrator of the crime of criminal organization and instigator of the crime of collusion; while he goes to Edmer Trujillo Mori in his capacity as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of criminal organization and collusion,” adds the Public Ministry.

This operation refers to contracts that would have been carried out in Provías Descentralizado, for the works of Tintay, Pampas, Samegua, among others, where certain businessmen obtained three contracts that add up to a total of S/274.1 million in benefits.

Members of the Public Ministry carry out a seizure and search operation in the homes of former president Martín Vizcarra and Edmer Trujillo

The purpose of the operation that the Public Ministry is currently carrying out is to collect additional information and relevant documentation to determine the possible guilt of the officials involved. In the homes of Martín Vizcarra and Edmer Trujillo, the prosecutors in charge, with the help of a group of police officers, thoroughly reviewed the belongings and furniture; Likewise, computer equipment and mobile devices were sealed. Fernando Ugaz, Vizcarra’s lawyer, was also present at the scene.

Days before, the former president stated that he had no knowledge of the acts of corruption that the Prosecutor’s Office accused him of in the Provías Descentralizado case. The crimes charged once morest him include charges of membership in a criminal organization and aggravated collusion.

It is expected that other individuals linked to this case will also be subject to intervention to clarify the facts and reach more precise conclusions. If the investigations continue, Vizcarra would join the list of former presidents of Peru investigated for corruption.

The operation is carried out simultaneously in the regions of Lima and Moquegua, in the investigation once morest Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo and Edmer Trujillo Mori.

Martín Vizcarra, former president of Peru until November 2020, has rejected his participation in criminal activities on multiple occasions and has expressed his willingness to collaborate with the authorities to clarify the facts, despite the existence of witnesses in the case who have collaborated with the justice.

During his presidency, between 2018 and 2020, he was linked to Edmer Trujillo Mori, who held the position of Minister of Transport and Communications, and would have acted directly in alleged collections of bribes together with Carlos Revilla Loayza, former director of Provías Descentralizado; and Alcides Villafuerte Vizcarra, who was works manager during that period. These last two officials are under preventive detention for 36 months due to alleged illegal acts associated with these events.

Edmer Trujillo was twice Minister of Transportation in the Government of Martín Vizcarra. Photo: MTC

Investigations indicate that Revilla would have directed illicit activities to direct public contracts in order to obtain a percentage of the direct costs of each public call, coordinating directly with Alcides Villafuerte. In addition, it is noted that he maintained direct communication with Martín Vizcarra to inform him regarding the activities carried out and the illegal economic income generated by the organization.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Revilla was the main recipient of bribes from the illicit pacts, which he allegedly redistributed to various people, including high officials such as Edmer Trujillo, Carlos Estremadoyro, Hugo Missad Trabucco, Elizabeth Ugarte Manrique and Juan José Enciso. , among others identified in the process.

The Public Ministry has presented evidence that includes the testimony of one of those investigated, who claims to have delivered sports briefcases to the Government Palace, which, according to his statement, contained wads of money discovered by Karem Roca, Vizcarra’s former confidential secretary.

Organizational chart of the alleged criminal organization “The Untouchables of Corruption”
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