Peru’s Prime Minister and leader of governing party indicted for money laundering

The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office has announced that it will investigate the prime minister, Guido Bellido, right-hand man of the communist Pedro Castillo, and the leader of the government party Free Peru, Vladimir Cerrón, of course money laundering, in the framework of investigations opened several weeks ago about the electoral campaign of the formation and that affects more than 15 suspects.

Pedro Castillo recently appointed his prime minister Guido Bellido, a radical Marxist and confessed defender of the acts of the Shining Path terrorist group.

According to the information collected by the Peruvian newspaper Trade, the prosecutor Richard Rojas has decided to include 17 more people in the investigations, among them the spokesman for Peru Libre, Waldemar Cerrón – Vladimir’s brother – and the governor of Junín, Fernando Orihuela, as well as other senior party officials.

Thus, Rojas has indicated that this alleged criminal organization acted to “unduly” finance the campaigns of Peru Libre since its foundation and the payments, services and expenses derived from the legal processes opened against them, especially those that implicated Vladimir Cerrón, reports EP.

The Prosecutor’s Office argues that among the reasons for including Cerrón in the investigations are the “suspicious” bank movements carried out in recent years and the information obtained in the framework of the ‘Los Dinámicos del Centro’ case, regarding this alleged illegal financing.

Rojas explained that this alleged organization would be headed by Cerrón, who was also sentenced a few years ago for a conflict of interest and is being investigated for alleged crimes of corruption in the country.

Regarding Pedro Castillo’s henchman, Guido Bellido, the prosecutor has decided to include you as a result of the information collected during the investigations of the Los Dinámicos del Centro case and added that the prime minister “would have had knowledge” of the alleged crimes and “would have coordinated and participated” in their execution.

The new Peruvian government after the victory of Pedro Castillo In the presidential elections, it began with controversy after the Prosecutor’s Office initiated an investigation against Bellido for an alleged crime of apology for terrorism in relation to a series of activities that he would have carried out in favor of Shining Path.

Also, the Superior Court of Justice of Lima (TSJ) admitted on Monday for processing a ‘habeas corpus’ appeal that demands the annulment of the resolution that designates Bellido as President of the Council of Ministers and Iber Maraví as Minister of Labor of the Government of Castillo.

On the other hand, the Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation against the Minister of the Interior, Juan Carrasco, for alleged “misconduct” because he requested a license as a lawyer to access the position without apparently completing the procedures so that there would not be an incompatibility in the positions.