The brother and lawyer of the president of Peru Dina Boluarte are arrested for affect peddling | EUROtoday

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“We are not going to be distracted by minor matters, we believe in the justice of the country”, the Peruvian president reacted, In Boluarte, after his brother's arrest Nicanor, considered one of his nice political and private helps. The First National Preparatory Investigation Court has at the moment issued precautionary measures towards eight folks, amongst whom are Nicanor Boluarte and the president's lawyer, Mateo Castañeda.

All of them are concerned within the so-called case “The waykis in the shadows”, a plot to nominate prefects and sub-prefects to realize the registration of a brand new political get together, Ciudadanos por el Perú. The crimes for which they’re accused are these of felony group and affect peddling to the detriment of the State.

“In this line, this government will continue to bet on democracy, on respecting our Constitution, on making our country greater,” the president harangued after studying concerning the arrests, that are certainly not minor issues. Peruvian media reported that The president herself put stress on the elite police group that supported the Special Team of Prosecutors towards Corruption of Power (Eficcop) and that investigated the case. This crew was dismantled within the earlier hours, which has additionally led to the opening of an investigation by the Prosecutor's Office.

From scandal to scandal from the primary day of his presidency, which he reached after the dismissal of the coup chief Pedro Castillo in December 2022. Boluarte was then its vp. This new case joins the investigation carried out by the Prosecutor's Office towards the president for the case of the Rolex for an alleged crime of illicit enrichment. Newspaper stories revealed that Boluarte wore a group of 14 high-end watches in his public occasions, together with a minimum of three Rolexes, a Cartier bracelet and different jewellery belonging to the president, valued at round half one million {dollars}.

Also pending is the investigation into the loss of life of fifty folks in the course of the protests and the following police and navy repression after the failed coup d'état.

The unpopularity charges of the president, her authorities and Parliament vary between 90% and 85%.


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