The key witness in the case of corruption of the former mayor of the capital Peru, Lima, was found dead in his home, Peruvian prosecutors say, less than three months before the trial should begin.
Jose Miguel Castro, who lived under home arrest, was a municipal official during the term of office of Susana Villaran as the Mayor of 2011. until 2014. years.
He was cohawed at the trial in the Villaran trial, which was accused of receiving a bribe worth $ 10 million (£ 7.3 million from the Brazilian Construction Company.
In 2019, Mrs. Villar admitted to take funds from these companies, but denied that they were a bribe. Mr. Castro cooperates with prosecutors about the investigation. The cause of his death is not yet known.
“He was the second most important person behind MS Villar,” Prosecutor Jose Domingo Perez Peruan Channel News N. said.
“We expected his precious contribution to the” trial, he added.
Ms. Villar, 75, was accused of agreement, money laundering and forming a criminal organization that received millions of dollars in the construction companies Odebrecht – is now called Novonor – and OAS.
Prosecutors said that Mr. Castro was the alleged commanding command for criminal organization.
In 2019, Mr. Villar was recognized by the funds from Odebrecht and OAS to fund the Mayor’s 2013 campaign to remain in office, but was denied that they are in line with the myths.
The trial will be followed by 23. September.
Ms. Villaran is one of the Niza Peruvian politicians involved in the Oreblecht Scandal.
In 2016, the Brazilian building giant admitted that bribing officials throughout Latin America and parts of Africa to achieve construction contracts.
Since then, he has surveyed the number of former Peruvian presidents, including Ollanta Humal, who was sentenced to 15 years earlier this year, and Alejandro Toledo, which was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison last year.
Another former leader, Alan Garcia, killed that the authorities arrived at his house to arrest him in 2019. years.
The investigation against another former President Pedra Pablo Kuczinski is ongoing. He denies charges.
