Magisterial Bloc Congresswoman Francis Paredes asked the National Attorney: Patricia Benavidezreport on the reasons for the removal from office of the highest prosecutors conducting the investigation of the case. “White necks of the port”.
“I turned to the Attorney General of the country, Patricia Benavidez inform us of the grounds for the removal of prosecutors investigating the “white collars of the port,” Paredes wrote on his social networks.
In an official letter, the congresswoman argued her request with a reminder of the removal of titular prosecutor Pablo Sanchez, who was the general coordinator of the special group of prosecutors in the White Collar Port case, as well as deputy prosecutors. Fanny Quispe D Victor Tullume Peacefilwho were part of the said group responsible for continuing the investigation of the case.
He also recalled that, in accordance with the resolution Attorney of the Nation No. 1550-2019-MP-FN was formed Special Prosecutors’ Group with national jurisdiction “to dedicate themselves exclusively to criminal investigations of crimes of organized crime, corruption of officials and related crimes related to the so-called case”White necks of the port.
The goal, according to the official letter, was to “unify the criteria with all tax authorities” in order to implement a “unified and coordinated strategy” to protect the institution from organized crime.
“About that, ma’am. Attorney of the Nation“I ask you to send us a report on the reasons and grounds for the removal of the aforementioned prosecutors and that this will damage the proper development of the proceedings in their case,” the document says.
On July 22 last year, National Attorney Patricia Benavidez concluded designation Supreme Attorney Paul Sanchez as general coordinator of the ad hoc group of prosecutors in the Port White Collar case, one of the most high-profile corruption cases in recent years.
The decision comes just 20 days after Attorney Sanchez was reappointed to the position, after Benavidez was elected and sworn in as the nation’s attorney on June 20.
What did Pedro Castillo say about White Necks?
President Pedro Castillo criticized the changes made by the National Attorney’s Office to the group of tax investigators in the white-collar case of the port.
Through his Twitter account, he expressed regret that this team was “disbanded”, for which he notified the international community about “these serious events that many are silent about.”
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National Attorney’s response
Faced with questions about changing prosecutors in the White Necks case, the national prosecutor, Patricia Benavides-Vargasruled out that the prosecutor’s group that dealt with the case of the “White necks of the port” was “disbanded,” as the president said. Peter’s castle.
“Team White Neck has not been disbanded. Change decisions are adapted to technical issues. For example, Mr. Fernandez Alarcón resigned for personal reasons and his resignation was accepted. What we did was clean up the White Collar Special Team and the current Superintendent Coordinating Attorney assessed and requested some changes,” he said.
In an exclusive interview with RPP Noticias, head public service recalled that the decision to appoint this group was due to the fact that previously, in addition to the special group, there was a supreme prosecutor responsible for coordinating the case of the White Collars of the Port, another one responsible for investigating justices of the peace. for second level magistrates.
at another time Patricia Benavidez described as “completely out of context and inappropriate” statements by the former Chief Prosecutor Victor Cubas Villanuevawho explained his resignation from his position as a technician in public service and warned of the perceived risk in the investigation of the case Port white collar workers.
Source: RPP
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