Peru’s Prosecutor’s Office expands the investigation against Dina Boluarte

The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office announced that it expanded the investigation against the designated president Dina Boluarte for the crimes of bribery in the case of Rolex luxury watches, illicit enrichment and failure to record statements in documents.

As part of the investigation, the designated official’s home was raided on March 30. On April 5, she testified before the Prosecutor’s Office for more than five hours, and then gave a statement to the press in which she denied having Rolex watches and other jewelry valued at thousands of dollars.

According to the head of state, the luxury watches were a loan from the regional governor of Ayacucho, Wilfredo Oscorima, who admitted having lent them to Boluarte.

Oscorima was notified to testify on April 4, but decided not to do so, nor to show the watches, because according to him he had not been properly summoned.

For that reason, the appointment was changed to April 10, but only his lawyer attended to show his client’s watches and a bracelet, which were seized.

The authorities reported that they are investigating the governor for facts linked to the alleged commission of the crime of generic active bribery, since apparently the delivery of luxury watches and jewelry was in exchange for financing million-dollar works.

During a press conference, the president of the Council of Ministers, Gustavo Adrianzén, stated that the Peruvian official remained silent in a hearing at the Prosecutor’s Office for a case of alleged corruption when she was Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (2021-2022), related with irregularities in the awarding of a social school feeding program. Source: Telesurtv

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