Guillermo Bermejo | PJ grants 20-month remand against Congress adviser Jaime Jara | principle

The Sixth National Productive Trial Court sentenced congressional counsel Francisco Jaime Jara Aguirre to 20 months of pretrial detention. Guillermo BermejoFor the case “Reconstruction Operators”.

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An order was also made against the same proceeding Mario Espinosa, former director of the Commission for Reconstruction with Changes, was a consultant to Robert Lopez; and former officer Jorge Bernal Barranzuela.

Robert Lopez, Maximo Palacios Lazo and Joseph Lombardi Lisano were also included in the prosecutor’s request for detention, but they were ordered to appear with restrictions and prohibitions against leaving the country.

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López López, the former director of the Transitional Reconstruction Commission (ARCC), who has been detained since August 17, is being investigated for criminal organization, conspiracy and money laundering to the detriment of the state.

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On September 7, during a hearing, the prosecution supported arguments for a request for detention against Jara Aguirre and accused him of being Bermejo’s “operator”.

“Regarding the roots of the work, it is noteworthy that from 2021 to the present, the investigated person will work in the Republican Congress, precisely in the office of Congressman Guillermo Bermejo, however, from the investigative activities carried out, to this point, This job would have given him the opportunity to carry out investigations, criminal activities that are aired today in this crime scene.” said the prosecutor.

“During the interview, at the beginning of the investigation, the subject of the investigation stated that he was an administrative technician in Congress, however, based on the facts of the investigation, this may not be the case. He will be the operator of Congressman Guillermo Bermejo, not really fulfilling his functions as an administrative technician, but instead he will be a shadow adviser to Congress on illegal activities. is obscured in this investigation, revealed in this tax investigation”, he explained.

On August 31, the Attorney General’s Office opened a preliminary investigation against Bermejo. A week later, the alleged accomplice charged him with bribery in the case.

As reported by El Comercio, efficient collaborator CE-29-2023-Eficcop assured the Special Prosecutors’ Committee against Corruption of Power on August 23 that Bermejo and two people around him received 2% of ARCC-financed contracts.

Besides, El Comercio’s investigative unit revealed the testimony A manila envelope containing S/40,000 was allegedly transferred to the home of Guillermo Bermejo in Santiago de Surco in August 2022 from a skilled accomplice. La Union (Beura).