Peru: Yenifer Paredes, President Castillo's sister-in-law surrenders to justice

The sister-in-law of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, Yenifer Paredes (our photo), surrendered to justice on August 11, after unprecedented searches at the palace and at the home of the Head of State.

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Wanted by the justice of his country even in the premises of the presidential palace, Yenifer Paredes, the sister-in-law of the Peruvian head of state went voluntarily to the prosecution on Wednesday August 10.

She could be temporarily detained for ten days as part of a corruption investigation involving Pedro Castillo.

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With our correspondent in Quito,

Raised as their own daughter by the presidential couple, Yenifer Paredes is accused of influence peddling and offense against the public administration.

According to the prosecution, she would have taken advantage of her proximity to President Pedro Castillo to win a public tender for a company for which she worked and whose owners were arrested on Tuesday.

Construction of sewer networks

Yenifer Paredes, in particular, was filmed offering the construction of sewage networks in Cajamarca, the native province of the head of state.

In July, during a hearing before a congressional commission of inquiry, Yenifer Paredes had however presented herself as a simple employee without real power.

Convinced that Paredes could not have acted without the presidential couple being aware, the prosecution transferred him to the high complexity investigation department of the national police under a ten-day pre-trial detention measure.

Media plan

President Pedro Castillo denounced the existence of a media plan aimed at seizing power in an "

 " way.

According to him, it is a confabulation between the opposition Congress, which has already tried to impeach him twice, and the justice system which has launched five investigations for corruption against him and his entourage.

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