Peru’s Attorney General’s Office has included this Sunday the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Roberto Sanchez, in the preliminary investigation against President Pedro Castillo. According to the prosecutor’s decision, Sanchez will be investigated for the crime of obstruction of justice, as a perpetrator, as detailed by the Public Ministry in a statement and reported by Andina news agency.
This decision comes after the Attorney General, Patricia Benavides, presented before the Congress a constitutional complaint against President Pedro Castillo for alleged corruption.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Castillo would be the head of a criminal organization active in the Ministry of Transport and Communications in complicity with Juan Silva, former Minister of this portfolio, with the former Minister of Housing Geiner Alvarado, as well as with officials of Provías Nacional and Provías Descentralizado, of the Presidential Office and of businessmen and third parties, to favor the Tarata III Bridge consortium and other companies in public bidding processes.
