The Espino brothers found their freedom by accepting a heartfelt confession: What is the difference between effective cooperation?

brothers Angie and Hugo Espino Lucana They gained their freedom last Friday after using the figure of a sincere confession as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged crime of influence peddling to win millions in tenders so far from Pedro Castillo’s government.

Angie Espino left the headquarters of the High Crimes Investigation Unit (Diviac) of the police, located in the prefecture of Lima, on the morning of Friday, August 19; while his brother Hugo gained his freedom at night.

Both made a sincere confession before prosecutor Hans Aguirre, who is investigating an alleged criminal organization that was supposed to be formed around the head of state.

In statements to Rotary Air from PTR newss, criminal defense attorney Andy Carrion explained the difference between sincere confession and effective cooperation. In this regard, the expert explained that there are significant differences between the scale of both measures.

“It is very important to make this differentiation, because the scope of such a measure as sincere recognition is different from the scope of an effective cooperation procedure,” he said.

Carrión specified that a sincere confession is that the defendant admits his guilt in the crimes for which he is being investigated, without the need to involve other persons in order to reduce the terms of imprisonment.

In this case, the Espino Lucana brothers agreed, according to Tradewhat Yennefer Paredesdaughter-in-law of the president Peter’s castleand mayor of Anguia (Cajamarca), Medinawould intervene in the tender for works in the city to improve and expand the system of drinking water and sanitation in the amount of 3 million soles.

“The scope of sincere confession is included in Articles 160 and 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which regulate this measure, when a person accepts, admits the commission of crimes for which he is under investigation, and this may entail a reasonable reduction in the punishment that he faces for the imputed crime,” Carrion explained.

At the same time, the criminal defense lawyer continued, effective cooperation involves the provision of relevant information that assists the investigations of the State Department.

For example, Bruno Pacheco, the former Secretary General of the Office of the President, took this measure. PanoramaI would have handed over to the prosecutor’s office a series of papers written by hand President Pedro Castillo with promotion instructions in Police officer and Armed forces.

“Sincere confession does not mean that one is syndicating another person in committing a crime, which is what actually happens in the figure of effective cooperation, because whoever submits to effective cooperation must provide the prosecutor with qualitative data or information about other people. that are connected,” he said.

Finally, Carrión agreed with his colleague Carlos Caro that the honest confession of the Espino Lucan brothers could complicate the legal situation. Yennefer Paredes.

What does the Ministry of Industry and Trade say?

Upon learning that the brothers of Espino Lucana gained their freedom by accepting a sincere confession, public service released an interactive graphic to detail the differences between this figure and effective collaboration.

The prosecution explained that effective employee this is the person who admits to having committed a criminal act and provides verifiable information to promote justice in order to gain access to a range of procedural advantages.

While sincere confession It consists in the fact that the party under investigation accepts the charges against him and makes a confession, providing relevant, timely and verifiable information. All this in order to achieve a reduction in the prison term.

The brothers Anji and Hugo Espino, by accepting a frank confession, got rid of the prosecutor’s request for pre-trial detention for 36 months.

According to El Comercio, the mayor of Anguia, José Medina, and Yenifer Paredes, the daughter-in-law of President Pedro Castillo, did not cooperate with the authorities during his arrest. For this reason, the prosecutor’s office will support the request for remand in respect of both on Sunday, August 21.