Prosecutor's Office and National Police on early Sunday morning arrested Iza Motors General Manager Antonio Camayo who —along with other 10 members of the Port's White Collars alleged criminal organization— is involved in audio recordings revealing corruption in Peru's port city of Callao.
The mega-operation to break up such criminal group kicked off at 3 AM at the request of Callao's First Preparatory Investigation Court.
The intervention runs its course, but so far 21 properties have been raided.
Interior Minister Mauro Medina took part in the operation, which brought together High Complexity Research Division staff, 400 police officers, and 21 prosecutors specialized in organized crime.
Camayo and the other 10 members hold status as detainees. Plus, they face influence peddling, bribery, and other criminal charges.
Detainees include National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) former official Jose Luis Cavassa Roncalla —who served as the alleged organization's political operator— as well as textile entrepreneur Mario Americo Mendoza Diaz.
The list of those intervened is comprised of public servants at Callao Superior Court of Justice: Gianfranco Martin Paredes Sanchez (assistant), Nelson Reynaldo Paricio Beigaza (adviser), Carlos Antonio Parra Pineda (district administration manager), and Jhon Robert Misha Mansilla (driver).
As for the intermediaries, the police captured Callao Judiciary former member Victor Maximiliano Leon Montenegro, as well as Juan Antonio Eguez Beltran and Cesar Salinas Paredes.
Other detainees are those who received favors —associated with lenient sentences or public appointments— from the criminal organization. This list includes Veronica Rojas Aguirre, chief of the administration and finance unit at the abovementioned court.
The recordings also include phone conversations in which
Supreme Judge Cesar Hinostroza offers and accepts favors to and from members of the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) and other officials.
This critical situation led to the
removal of CNM members following a Parliament debate held at the request of President Martin Vizcarra.
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Published: 7/29/2018