He Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption of Power requested 36 months of preventive detention against Hugo Chavez Arevaloformer general manager of Petroperu. The former official is being investigated for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, aggravated collusion and others.
The request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office is also sufficient for Daniel Prince Collazos, another investigated in the case of Petroperú, who verified his visit in some ministries. Chávez was implicated in allegedly irregular hiring from the state company for the benefit of his person. The Judiciary would have scheduled the hearing for this March 23 at 10:00 am
The Special Team of Prosecutors against Power Corruption requested 36 months of preventive detention against Hugo Chávez Arévalo and Daniel Príncipe Collazos, investigated in the Petroperú case, for the alleged crimes of criminal organization, aggravated collusion and others.
According to the tax thesis, the appointment of the former manager of Petroperú would have a single purpose: to benefit the businessman Samir Abudayeh, business owner Heaven Petroleum Operators. This position would have been decided by Pedro Castillo.
In this way, Chávez Arévalo would have benefited with 280 thousand barrels of B100 biodiesel. Before hiring, the former president Pedro Castillo He met with the businessman, but the former manager has denied the links and crimes that the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating.
The arguments of the prosecutor Raúl Martínez points out that the former head of state coordinated with Chávez Arévalo to “obtain good pro of the adjudication processes.” This is how Abudayeh’s company would have won the contract for USD 74 million with the barrels.
In November 2022, the Judiciary ordered the preliminary detention of Hugo Chávez. In the same way, it was enough for José Fernández Latorre, former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINI); Henry Shimabukuro, former presidential adviser; and the businessman Samir.
In principle, the former manager was not found in his home, because he was traveling in Bolivia. However, after several days he turned himself in to justice.
The owner of the La Luz clinic and doctor, Fermin Silva, he would have declared that he gave money to Bruno Pacheco for the appointment of Chávez in the public company. After the revelations, Chávez decided to resign as a member of the Petroperú board of directors in March.
It should be noted that Pedro Castillo is being investigated for leading a criminal organization entrenched in his government. Currently, he is serving pretrial detention for the failed self-coup on December 7, 2022 that ended his vacancy.
