Callao: Judiciary confirms 30 months of preventive detention for former mayor Juan Sotomayor

He Power of attorneythrough the Second Permanent Criminal Court of Appeal of Callao, confirmed today 30 months of pre-trial detention against the former mayor of the first port, Juan Sotomayor, as part of the investigation being carried out in connection with his alleged perpetrator of the crimes criminal organization And regular active briberyto the detriment of the state.

hall declared Sotomayor’s complaint unfounded and ratified the decree of January 4, 2023, which proclaimed the demand preventive prison formulated Public service.

Similarly, the court of the Callao judiciary decided to give notice of the decision to each of the procedural parties involved.

Case

According to the prosecutor Juan Sotomayor he would lead and direct a criminal network called “Los alfiles”, consisting of 19 people, including municipal councilors, civil servants, consultants hired to host services, and “heads of districts”.

The members of the network had to coordinate the recruitment of people to be hired under the “ghost workers” modality, put them on the payroll, control the recruitment of positions, and use violence against the opposition in the face of this illegal recruitment system.

These events, according to the Public Ministry, must have taken place between the years 2019 And 2020after former mayor resigned to run for regional campaign and thus be able to control the situation in Municipality of Callao. This group also applied for the municipal vacancy of the former mayor. Pedro Lopez Barrios in 2019.

The alleged criminal organization may have obtained illegal economic resources, mainly from the maintenance and civil security departments of the provincial municipality of Callao.

Members of an alleged criminal network

Prosecutors indicate that this criminal organization will consist of former advisers Manuel Abel Nesiosup Medina, Estefani Elcher Becerra Pazos and Carlos Alberto Yataco Ramos, as well as alleged “neighborhood leaders” Tito Esteban Tardillo Ramos and Pedro Luis Medina Echevarria, who are currently serving a preliminary detention.

At first instance, a preventive detention and an arrest warrant were issued against the former government official and adviser. Heiner Alberto Rebolledo Estrada (criminal organization) and the alleged “head of the district” Omar Luis Castaneda Echevarria (criminal organization and hired killer).

While former mayor Juan Carlos Alvarado Gallardo, municipal councilors Pablo Enrique Gazzolo Romero and Alex Eduardo Negreiros Zevallos, and Alexandra judiciary Liser Sánchez Paetán are respecting the restrictions.