Lilia Paredes’ lawyer denies first lady meeting with businessman Hugo Espino, despite records of visits from Government Palace

Benji Espinoza, lawyer for Lilia Paredes, said on Friday evening that the businessman Hugo Espino he did not meet the president’s wife Peter’s castledespite the fact that the records of the visit to the Government Palace indicate a visit to the first lady’s office.

In statements to Everything is known RPP Noticias, a lawyer who is also the lawyer for President Pedro Castillo, denied the meeting between the legal representative of the company JJM Espino Engineering & Construction S.A.C. and first lady. He added that the records do not necessarily show that the meeting took place.

“Not necessarily all visits assume that the visited person is talking to this person, but without going into the issues that were the subject of the interrogation and testimony of the first lady, I must tell you that this is an issue considered in the application,” the lawyer said.

” first lady He did not meet and this is the only thing I can detail, because this is quite general data (…) Clarifications were given in the prosecutor’s office in the tax case, as part of the investigation, ”he added.

On the situation with Yennefer Paredes

As specified, this topic was one of more than 30 questions raised during the interrogation, which first lady answered this Friday earlier prosecution as part of an investigation to his sister, Yenifer Paredes, for an alleged offer of jobs related to the company Hugo Espinoin Cajamarca.

Along the same lines, he claimed that the president’s daughter-in-law Peter’s castle did not suffer the commission of a crime related to trading in influence, which is confirmed by the thesis prosecution. This is because in the recording transmitted on Sunday fourth force She herself said that she had no problems with the record and did not ask for any benefit or anything in return.

“Miss Yennefer Paredes never shows up and says I will give this in exchange for this. What are you going to give me, I’m going to receive or accept a promise or gain an advantage or benefit. The investigated trade in influence under article 400 of the Criminal Code requires a corrupting environment, and if there is no corrupting environment, then there is no trade in influence,” he said.

Interrogation at the prosecutor’s office

First lady Lilia Paredes He responded about three hours before the Sixth Department of the First Prosecutor’s Office for Corruption Crimes of Officials as part of an investigation into alleged trading in influence followed by his sister. Yennefer Paredes.

The daughter-in-law of President Pedro Castillo appeared in a video with Hugo Espinocompany manager JJM Espino Engineering & Construction S.A.C. and he wears a vest with the name and achievement of this company, which is a supplier of the state. Said businessman met with the first lady Lilia Paredes over five hours on August 8, 2021, a few days after Peter’s castle take over the government.