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Peru: Nava confesses Odebrecht representative gave money directly to ex-President Garcia

13:35 | Lima, Oct. 17.

Luis Nava, ex-Secretary General of the Presidency under the Alan Garcia administration, confessed to the Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group that former Odebrecht representative in Peru Jorge Barata had delivered money directly to the ex-Head of State in lunch boxes or bags at the presidential campaign headquarters and at the Government Palace during his second term in office (2006-2011).


According to IDL-Reporteros, Nava gave his statement on September 25 at Lima's Miguel Castro Castro Prison, where he currently serves preventive detention

"I know that Jorge Barata in 2006, at the campaign building, delivered between five and six lunch boxes with approximately US$60,000 to Alan Garcia," Nava expressed. 

Likewise, the former aide affirmed he had met Barata for the first time at the APRA political party office located in Lima.

Furthermore, Nava indicated that the former Brazilian company superintendent had met with Garcia between five and six times at said location, usually in the afternoon. 

The ex-Secretary-General —whom Garcia later designated as a State minister— went on to add the money deliveries continued even after Garcia had assumed the Presidency of Peru in July 2006.

In this sense, the former Head of State received US$60,000 on December 31, 2006; US$600,000 on April 6, 2007; and US$20,000 on September 27, 2007. 

On the other hand, Nava said Barata had never given him money and that he had never received any of the deliveries.

The former Production Minister also stated that Barata —alone or accompanied— had visited Garcia up to 19 times at the Government Palace carrying a bag or lunch box. 


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Published: 10/17/2019