The Special Team of Prosecutors against corruption intervened, this last fridayin the municipalities of Anguia (Cajarmarca) Y Cajatambo (Lima), to gather information about the works awarded to consortiums made up of Hugo and Anggi Espino companies, who received S/90,000 from David and Walter Paredes, brothers of the First Lady.
Proceedings by the prosecutor Hans Aguirre Huatucothey aimed collect the technical files and verify the progress of the aforementioned projects awarded to companies owned by the Espino Lucana brothers, who are being investigated for alleged influence peddling.
suspected favoring
In the Municipality of Cajatambo, the Prosecutor’s Office collected documentation referring to the adjudication process of the remodeling of the Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo schoolwhose good pro was awarded in October last year to the company JJM Espino Engineering & Construction SAC., whose owner is Hugo Espino.
As it is remembered, that month, Yenifer Paredes She maintained a labor relationship with the aforementioned businessman, as she herself declared before the Congressional Oversight Commission, on July 22.
The aforementioned work was awarded for more than 3 million 800 thousand soles and, according to information from the newspaper Peru 21, It should have been delivered in March of this year, which has not materialized so far.
On the other hand, in the Municipality of Anguía, the work to improve and expand the drinking water and sanitation system in different locations in the jurisdiction was awarded to a consortium made up of the company Destcon Engineers & Architects SAC. whose representative is Anggi Espino, sister of Hugo Espino.
In this case, the work is valued at more than 3 million soles and the award was granted. in december last year.
transactions
According to a report from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), in October of last year, David and Walter Paredes, brothers of the First Lady, deposited 90 thousand soles to the accounts of the Espino brothers. The October 6Walter Paredes deposited 20 thousand soles to Anggi Espino Lucana and, a few days later, the October 26thDavid Paredes deposited 70 thousand soles to Hugo Espino.
This fact was confirmed by Hugo Espino’s lawyer, Juan Carlos Ramos, last Sunday. In addition, he stated that his representative never met Walter Paredes, but he did meet David, through Yenifer Paredes. This despite the fact that Hugo Espino would have denied the Prosecutor’s Office knowing the brothers of the First Lady.
Another fact that raises the suspicions of the Prosecutor’s Office is that, in October of last year, the President published an Emergency Decree that authorized the financing of 5 works in the district of Anguíaone of which, precisely, won the consortium made up of the company of Anggi Espino.