Peruvian President Pedro Castillo’s sister-in-law’s pre-trial detention revoked

On Monday, October 24, the Peruvian Justice revoked the preventive detention imposed on the sister-in-law of President Pedro Castillo, Yenifer Paredes, allowing her to face the process for which she is accused of corruption in freedom.

The only restriction that Paredes will have to face will be to appear punctually before the authorities of the Judiciary or the Prosecutor’s Office when required, as ruled by Peru’s second criminal appeals court and reported by RPP radio station.

Paredes was sent to the women’s prison after the Judiciary sentenced her to 30 months of preventive detention on August 28 – six months less than what the Prosecutor General’s Office was asking for, alleging that she was a flight risk.

The sister of the Peruvian first lady is being investigated after a video was broadcast in which she is allegedly seen offering sanitation work to the villagers of the Succha community, the radio mentioned above station has reported.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicated on several occasions that Paredes would be the leading lobbyist within an alleged criminal organization led by the president himself, Pedro Castillo.

With information from Gaceta

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