Lima, 05/13/2022 06:41 pm | Updated 05/13/2022 06:45 pm
The wife of President Pedro Castillo, Lilia Paredeswas criminally denounced for the alleged crime against the public administration for not having answered the interrogation to which she attended this morning as part of the investigations for alleged money laundering.
As reported by Canal N, the accusation was brought before the office of the Fifth Corporate Money Laundering Prosecutor’s Office, specifically the fourth office in charge of Luz Taquire, for the alleged crime of refusing to collaborate with justice.
The complaint was filed at approximately 4:25 pm, according to the document released by the press, and became official hours after the first lady went to prosecutor Taquire, who is investigating the alleged crime of money laundering for which the businesswoman Karelim López has embraced effective collaboration.
During the interrogation, Lilia Paredes availed herself of her right to remain silent, appealing to her links with the president. peter castledespite the insistence of the prosecutor.
Sources quoted by El Comercio indicate that they did not want to listen to the questions asked by the Public Ministry either, so prosecutor Taquire would proceed to refer the case to a criminal prosecution since article 371 of the Penal Code states that if a witness refrains from offering your statement, you can be penalized.