[Politics] Sailing over Toledo: Federal judge certifies that there is "sufficient evidence" for "reasonable judgment" in Peru

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The coordinating prosecutor of the Special Team of the Lava Jato case, Rafael Vela, clarified this Tuesday that the federal judge of the United States, Thomas Hixson, certified that there is "sufficient evidence" for a "reasonable and guaranteed trial" in Peru of former president Alejandro Toledo .

In an interview with the RPP's Nothing Is Said program, Rafael Vela said that the US justice system "does not determine the guilt or innocence" of Alejandro Toledo.

"What the federal judge has determined is that there is enough evidence for there to be a reasonable trial, guaranteed within Peru," the prosecutor stressed.

Rafael Vela recalled that the case of Alejandro Toledo, the Interoceanic case, has already been the subject of a prosecutorial investigation accusation by the prosecutor José Domingo Pérez Gomez. In other words, he indicated, there is a culminated stage of investigation that eventually projects the former president to a future trial "when the extradition process is completed."

"Guilt and innocence is determined in Peru and that is something that Judge Thomas Hixson has finally certified for the extraditable Alejandro Toledo to be handed over and made available to the Peruvian authorities, where he is expected to serve a prison term. preventive as soon as it is delivered to the Peruvian justice, "he said.

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Prosecutor Rafael Vela considered that it is difficult to have an exact forecast of when Alejandro Toledo would be extradited, since it depends on the decisions made by the defense of the former president such as the activation of a habeas corpus action in the local courts of the United States.

"What the federal judge has decided is of course the certification of probable cause of extradition in an unappealable way, but if it is possible that Mr. Toledo can activate a habeas corpus action within the local courts, which would question the procedure in the United States. United, which we consider unlikely, since the judge has had an impeccable conduct and all the rights of Mr. Toledo have been respected, "he said.

Nine accusations of the Lava Jato Special Team
On the other hand, the prosecutor Rafael Vela specified that the Lava Jato Special Team presented nine mega accusations to the Judicial Branch of the case. He recalled that these are the case of Interoceánica, Metro de Lima, Ecoteva, Sovereign Bonds, Keiko Fujimori, Ollanta Humala, Félix Moreno and Ositran, among others.

"Those nine cases are awaiting a legality check in the Judicial Power. That is, we have concluded our work at that stage, in the investigation stage, and now it is up to the Judiciary to address the legality controls with Priority. Unfortunately, in the National Criminal Court there is no special Lava Jato team as there is in the Prosecutor's Office, in such a way that the judges of the National Criminal Court cannot establish an exclusive dedication to the Lava Jato case, "he said.

 

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