Susana Villarán: Chamber resolves appeals that were delaying the beginning of the trial of the ex-Alcadesa

Former Mayor Susana Villarán will finally face oral trial for alleged coimas in Rutas de Lima case. The investigation involving the former Mayor of Lima continues, so now the Third Criminal Chamber of National Appeals of the Judiciary decided that the Prosecutor's Office should subdue the charge against former official Domingo Arzubalde and with company Walter Thompson Peruana in order to establish the date of the trial. Villarán confessed to ha…

The court gave five days for specific corrections to be made for formal aspects of the charge against two accused, among whom is not the ex-bourgmaestre. The hearing to control this remedy will be on 9 May.

The Third Criminal Chamber of National Appeals found seven appeals to be unfounded, delaying the commencement of the trial; the trial, which investigates alleged illegal contributions from Odebrecht and OAS, is proceeding to its final stage.

The judicial decision authorizing the opening of an oral trial against the former mayor of Lima, Susana Villarán, and others for the alleged illegal contributions of more than 10 million dollars of Brazilian companies Odebrecht and O.A.S. to finance both their campaign for the “NO” to be revoked in 2013 and for their re-election in the municipal armchair in 2014, remains “active.” This is because the Third Criminal Chamber of National Appeals de…

After several years of investigation, the Rutas de Lima case enters its final phase. The Third Criminal Chamber of National Appeals ruled that the oral trial against the former mayor of Lima, Susana Villarán, will begin in May. Villarán is accused of having received bribes during the process of granting the road project. As part of the resolution, the court also ordered the Prosecutor to correct the accusation against former official Domingo Arz…