The Peruvian Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested 36 months of preventive imprisonment against the secretary general of Peru Libre, Vladimir Cerrón, accused of money laundering and criminal organization.
The leader of the party to which the current president of the country, Pedro Castillo, once belonged, is being investigated for irregularities in the financing of his party for the 2021 elections, as detailed by prosecutor Richard Rojas in statements to the Andina news agency.
«The provincial money laundering prosecutor Richard Rojas requested 36 months of preventive imprisonment against Vladimir Cerrón, for the alleged crimes of asset laundering and criminal organization, in the framework of the case of financing the Peru Libre party,» the Public Prosecutor’s Office has informed in a statement.
The investigation also includes the congressman of Perú Libre Waldemar Cerrón, and the congressman not grouped Guido Bellido.
According to the thesis of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the organization Perú Libre would have been financed with illicit money. For this, trusted operators of Vladimir Cerrón would have collaborated in the «execution of acts of transfer and concealment of money», as reported by the radio station RPP.
