Alexander Toledo He arrived in Peru upside down and with defeat marks drawn on his body. They returned it United States, after almost five years of judicial efforts. ‘Cholo’ as it is known will pass 18 months in prison by court order. The former president is expected to occupy a cell in the Barbadillo prison in the Ate district, about 40 kilometers from Lima, in the next few hours. In this prison unit, Peru’s institutional weakness is staged. Toledo is not the first president to find himself behind its high walls. 23 years ago he has a big enemy, autocrat Alberto Fujimoriserving a 25-year prison sentence for responsibility for crimes against humanity. It has also been used as a preventative. Pedro CastilloHe is the last president to be democratically elected and removed from office by Congress last year.
The existence of three executive offices behind bars is more than a political anomaly in that country. The former president was also temporarily detained here. ollanta humalaIn 2000, when he was a lieutenant in the army, he took up arms against Fujimori.
A group of protesters supporting former President Toledo approached the outside of the prison, claiming his innocence, a tiny remnant of the crowd he knew how to muster in times of consensus-based leadership. Toledo led the fight against Fujimori in April 2000. He took office in 2001 by exhibiting these scrolls. They soon disappeared. charged with taking some money. $ 35 million from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht In exchange for the concession of the Interoceanic highway.
“It’s up to me to keep the blame and Prove that Alejandro Toledo is guilty”said prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, who received the former president at the headquarters of the National Air Police Directorate (DIPA) at Jorge Chávez airport. He added: “I think this is a positive outcome for the administration of justice in the country, which shows that the Special Branch, led by prosecutor José Vela Barba, has always acted in an orderly, determined and highly responsible manner.”
reflections
The former leader of Peru’s Posible surrendered to US justice last Friday, after a long process of evasion and deception that had picaresque edges beyond the cunning of his lawyers. “We hope that Toledo’s presence will serve before the court. so that corrupt practices are fully known “We are in power to reach an exemplary study that avoids these bad practices and to impose a sanction on those responsible for participating in and benefiting from these illegal payments.” ‘La República’ Sunday editorial.
“in Peru liars meet those who want to be lied to. From these marriages arise illegitimate children who sometimes become presidents. “Toledo is a case, but not the only case,” said Federico Salazar, columnist for the Lima newspaper El Comercio. For his part, he drew a parallel between the fates of Toledo and Castillo. “Just as the first indigenous president was sworn in before the apus (spirits) at Machu Picchu, Cusco, the first peasant leader, Ayacucho, held a symbolic ceremony at the Pampa de la Quinua. Both candidates told a beautiful story. The humble shoe shine boy Harvard “The savage teacher who came back to save the country from dictatorship. The savage teacher who gave up raising chickens to end poverty in a rich country. But still, it was always known that both presidents would be tragic disappointments.”
institutional weakness
It wasn’t just them. Since the overthrow of Fujimori, all the presidents who entered Pizarro Palace through elections have accumulated more than one judicial file. Peter Paul Kuczynski He was an “El Cholo” collaborator and ran the country from 2016-2018 when he was forced by Congress to resign to avoid impeachment. He is being investigated for irregular contributions during the election campaign. Alan Garcia, Fujimori’s other staunch enemy was Toledo’s rival in the 2001 election. He sang “They call me Peru” in that election campaign. His serious voice was not enough to win in the second round. He had to wait until 2006. The Aprista leader was also corrupt. When the police knocked on the door of his house to arrest him, he decided to kill himself by shooting himself in the head.
The day Toledo landed, the head of social security, Dina Boluarte, Four Ministers of State were sworn in, including Judge Daniel Maurate. Boluarte’s fate hangs on a thin thread that can be cut at any moment. According to the ‘Hildebrandt en sus trece’ portal, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is preparing to announce its conclusions on the suppression of protests against the interim government, which has killed dozens of people. Its officials “will be accused of using disproportionate lethal force. This will be a heavy blow to Boluarte and his allies.”