The Peruvish Money Laundering Prosecutor She opened an investigation against the president of the country, Dina Boluarte, for an alleged crime of prohibited financing of political organizations following an alleged contribution of 150,000 soles (more than US $ 41,000) for the campaign of the second round of the general elections 2021, when she appeared as a candidate for vice presidency for the Peru Libre Party.
Prosecutor Ángel Astocondor issued a provision that extends the facts of investigation still in a preliminary phase and the businessman Eduvigis Beltrán Salinas has been included as an investigation and the Boluarte herself, who on the date of the events did not have the condition of aforared, according to the Peruvian newspaper ‘El Comercio’.
The provision also provides for the declaration of those involved, including that of Dina Boluarte, which must appear on October 14, 2025.
According to the provision, on May 19, 2021 Boluarte participated in a meeting in which the businessman promised to deliver the money for the expenses of the musical accompaniment batucada in the campaign activities of Boluarte during the end of the second round campaign.
“The money would have to be mentioned to Dina Boluarte Zegarra directly or through Marcela Saldarriaga Ortiz, on a date that ranges between May 19 and 26, 2021, without ruling out that the intermediary of the reception of said money may have been another person,” explains the document.
The Beltrán businessman has denied having delivered the money for the electoral campaign of Boluarte and has even denied knowing her in person. The case is in charge of the First Corporate Supraprovincial Prosecutor’s Office specialized in crimes of money laundering.
