Benji Espinoza, lawyer for the first lady, says Hugo Espino was “pressured” to indict

Lawyer Benji Espinozalegal defense of the first lady, Lilia Paredesassured that the president’s wife Peter’s castle It has all sorts of roots to face the recent tax requirement to prevent leaving the country for 36 months; however, he announced that neither he nor his sponsor had determined whether they would comply with this requirement.

“If there is a person rooted in the country, Lilia Paredes: family roots, working roots, home roots, it is precisely because of this, and because there is no danger of flight, and there is no obstacle, this is what the obstacle to exit is requested. This request must be sent through a hearing,” he said.

“I have not yet decided with my client whether we are going to finally agree to this request or not. We are going to analyze it completely, and while we have not been notified, it will most likely arrive in the next few hours. It depends (that they are clear) on the arguments, the arguments that the prosecutor’s office sets out in its request, ”he added.

In an interview with RPP Noticias, the president’s wife’s lawyer Peter’s castle downplays prosecutors’ arguments pointing to the first lady as the alleged coordinator of a criminal gang “settled in the highest positions in executive branchDedicated to Fraudulent Delivery of Works” in the Angii area.

“This is a set of pathos, high-profile phrases, and the prosecutor’s office knows how to hang labels: they put a coordinator, they put a criminal network next to them, they say this is an organization, so we are all alarmed. (…) I refrain from the opportunity to go deeper, because we have protection measures, which we are going to bring against the prosecution,” he said.

To the question about the direct accusation of the businessman under investigation Hugo Espino to the first lady, in which he points to her as the coordinator and Jeniffer Paredes, his sister, as a figurehead in the alleged illegal jobs, the presidential couple’s lawyer indicated that he would have been pressured to make these allegations.

“You must understand that Hugo Espino he suffered in prison, he suffered in custody. This is a person who is under pressure. People are psychologically bent, they are psychologically defeated. I saw cases where people bowed down, failed, were subjected to psychological pressure and said that they were figureheads,” he said.

“Not because someone says so, in the end it is so. I hope that Mr. Espino will provide evidence, and this is the most important thing, ”he added.

Exit restriction request

Special Prosecutors’ Group against the corruption of the authorities requested a 36 month ban on leaving the country against the first lady, Lilia Paredesand his brothers, Walter and David Paredes Navarro, and businessman Hugo Espino under investigation.

Prosecutor Hans Aguirre made these requests as part of a preliminary investigation that is prosecuting these people in connection with the alleged crime of a criminal organization and other actions to the detriment of the state.

Aguirre Huatuco attributes to these men participation in an alleged criminal organization engaged in fraudulent public tenders, whose field of activity was the departments of Lima and Cajamarca, where front companies were granted a good right to relevant public works. Ministry of Housing and Sanitation for large sums of money, despite the absence of requirements provided by law.

This tax claim must be resolved by the investigating court in a scheduled virtual hearing, which must be attended by the parties involved in this case.

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