The Peruvian prosecutor’s anti-corruption task force said on Tuesday it was looking into allegations that the former president Martin Vizcarra could lead criminal network called “Untouchables of Corruption” during his mandate at the head of the country.

This proposed organization will consist of various former Peruvian officialssome of whom had already been arrested Tuesday by agents Community Service Peruvian. For his part, Vizcarra is charged with criminal organization crimes, aggravated conspiracy and money laundering.

According to the organizational chart published by the Peruvian National Police and compiled by RepublicVizcarra will lead a criminal network also consisting of former ministers of transport and communications. Edmer Trujillo And Carlos Extremadoiroas well as eleven other former officials.

This alleged network of corruption would take root in Ministry of Transport and Communications for the purpose of obtaining government contracts fraudulently to obtain economic return. According to prosecutors, the appointments of Trujillo and Extremadoiro were to be key to the creation of the network.

Prosecutors also accuse former President Vizcarra of passive briberya crime for which they ask for up to 15 years in prison and others nine disqualifications. He was also disqualified in April 2021 for his involvement in the case. Get vaccinated irregularly vaccinated against COVID-19.

A group of former government officials (from 2018 to 2020) were arrested on Tuesday by police and prosecutors.

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General Oscar ArriolaChief of Staff of the Peruvian National Police (PNP), confirmed to reporters that five peopleThree of them are former officials of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC), in addition to the intervention in 14 objects in Lima and 2 in the city of Moquegua in the south of the country.

Arriola said the investigation included special agents. constant surveillanceauthorized interception of communications and statement of cooperation of justice.

He stressed that the operation was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Justice and “authorized by the judiciary”, so it is still reserved and no further information can be provided.

Local media reported that among those arrested was Carlos Revillawho headed the Provias Descentralizado (PVD), an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) under the government of Vizcarra, as well as another former high-ranking officialtwo Committee members tender selection and businessman.

The operation was attended by members of the PNP’s Special Crimes Unit (Diviak) and the Special Group of Prosecutors against Government Corruption (Eficcop).

It was carried out after the approval of Judge Jorge Chavez Tamaris of the Seventh National Preliminary Investigative Court as part of the investigation of a case related to alleged fraudulent tenders in Provias during the reign of Vizcarra.

He Channel H television published a document containing a statement from a justice official who said Vizcarra and his wife were connected to an alleged drug trafficking network. bribes.

In this case, Eficcop is investigating three contracts that PVD awarded during the management of Revilla, totaling more than 274 million soles ($71.9 million).

Upon learning of the operation, MTC said in a statement that it “strongly rejects any act of corruption” and directed that “all agencies involved provide amenitiesEficcop and Diviac for collecting information.

He also announced that Provías Descentralizado were announced in “comprehensive reorganization”.

(according to information from Europe Press And EFE)