The former secretary of the Government Palace Bruno Pacheco would have pointed out to the Public ministry the commission of more crimes. According to Panoramathe former trusted official of the president peter castle not only did he declare that there was payment or bribes, this time in the case of police promotions, but he would have accepted that he requested them.
The report cites the presentation before the Congress of General Javier Bueno Victoriano, former deputy general commander of the Policemanwho denounced that in the circle of colonels applying for generals, and among the generals themselves, there was much talk that in this process payments of between 25,000 and 30,000 dollars would have been made per promotion.
“In my opinion, there is an evident relationship between the candidate colonels for the rank of general who visited government palace and the general secretary of the Government Palace with the proposal for promotion to the rank of general formulated by the general commander of the National Police of Peru“He pointed out at the time.
During the National Holidays, Bruno Pacheco testified about the existence of envelopes and a briefcase for peter castle and on the issue of police promotions. In question number 4 of this topic, he involved the former Minister of Defense, Walter Ayalawho in dialogue with Panorama He denied having received payments for this case.
“I’m not a thief. I’ve managed millions and millions from the Ministry of Defense and you haven’t touched a single sun. So I can’t be involved in a corruption issue,” he said, later also ruling out the possibility of having recommended some colleague of his promotion who later, coincidentally, was promoted.
Walter Ayala supported Bruno Pacheco
Another revealing fact is that the lawyer William Paco confessed that the former minister Walter Ayala contacted him to assume this legal defense of Bruno Pacheco when he was on the run. In this regard, the former Minister of Defense acknowledged that the former Secretary of government palace He asked him to be his lawyer and in response he recommended Paco Castillo.
“The first person who told me, who asked me, was Mr. Walter Ayala, whom I have known for many years because he was my student at the university. He called me on the phone and let me know what I just told him,” he said. William Paco Castillo, who confirmed that this happened when Bruno Pacheco he was on the run.
“I was going to be his lawyer (…) He (Pacheco) asked me to be his lawyer, I was the one who recommended Paco Castillo. I supported him with some writings,” former minister Walter Ayala said in response.
According to Panorama, Bruno Pacheco He declared verbatim that the head of the criminal organization is President Pedro Castillo, who would be in charge of directing the other members in the different illegal acts that are committed. It should be remembered that during the year, 23 colonels were promoted to the rank of general in the Police in a process that was questioned.
“Five colonels of the Police who visited the Government Palace are part of the 23 colonels of arms who rose to the rank of general of the National Police. Five colonels out of a total of 23 are equivalent to 22%, which means that 22% of the generals of arms who were promoted previously visited the Palace. In my 40 years of service I have not seen this type of visit occur,” questioned the then deputy general commander of the Police.
Panorama reports that at the end of his statement, Pacheco recounted that the colonels gave money to a minister and that he asked for his share, although he told him that “with him they had complied”, but that they had not left anything for Bruno Pacheco. After being rebuked, the accused minister replied that the money they had left was for the president.
In this regard, Pacheco declares that “they were closed in that case”, although he does not mention the name of the minister in that final paragraph; nevertheless, Panorama recalls that at the beginning of his story the former presidential secretary speaks of the then minister Walter Ayala. The report also reveals that in October of last year this former minister coincided in the Government Palace with two colonels (Manuel Rivera and Nicasio Zapata) who were later promoted.
In his denunciation, Bruno Pacheco it would have been recognized that he received bribes and would have testified that he gave money to the president peter castle. In response, the lawyer benji espinozalegal defender of the head of state, insisted that these versions must be corroborated since the former official could be lying to obtain benefits.
“While the words, the versions, the indications and indications of Bruno Pacheco they are not escorted by evidence, as long as there are no other elements than their sayings or their accusing finger, then we are facing the versions of a person who intends to exchange his freedom with information that is not necessarily truthful,” he said.
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