The effective collaborator Bruno Pachecoformer secretary general of the presidential office, assured the Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power that a former Minister of State received bribes from police colonels who wanted to be promoted to the rank of general, according to “Panorama.”
According to Pacheco’s confession, the then minister confirmed that he received illicit payments, but assured him that they were for the president. peter castle.
Pacheco acknowledged that he asked for a part of the bribe and added that he rebuked the then minister for refusing to distribute the money, said the aforementioned Sunday newspaper.
“They closed on that case,” Pacheco said.
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In that part of the confession, the former Secretary General of the Presidency did not mention the name of any minister. However, “Panorama” pointed out that the story began with Walter Ayalawho was head of Defense between July and November 2021, when a group of policemen who visited the Government Palace would have paid bribes to be promoted.
El Comercio revealed on July 27 that Pacheco acknowledged the payment of bribes for police promotions and that these were made –according to the former official– through Pedro Castillo’s escorts.
According to the version of the former secretary general of the Presidency, there would be a list of 10 officers who paid US$20,000 to be promoted to the rank of general with the consent of the head of state.
—Disclaimers—
Former Minister Ayala denied to “Panorama” that he had received illicit payments: “I have always said that I am not a thief. I have managed millions and millions of the State in the Ministry of Defense and I have not touched a single sun. So, I cannot be involved in a corruption issue.
However, he acknowledged his link with Pacheco and even recommended that he have lawyer William Paco Castillo as his legal defender. Paco Castillo assured the Sunday newspaper that he assumed Pacheco’s defense when he was already in hiding, at the request of Walter Ayala, with whom I talk on the phone.
The prosecutor’s office is investigating the existence of an alleged criminal organization that charged police and military quotas to interfere in promotion processes. According to the fiscal hypothesis, that network would be headed by Pedro Castillo and integrated by Ayala, Pacheco and others.