Overview
- Peruvian outlets published on Jan. 2 that collaborator Jorge Yoshiyama identified businessman Fernando Espá as part of a clandestine donor group for Keiko Fujimori’s 2016 bid.
- Yoshiyama’s sworn account describes private meetings with a select circle of eight to ten entrepreneurs between 2013 and late 2015, initially giving 1,000 soles monthly and later 1,000 dollars.
- He stated that the cash was delivered directly to Keiko Fujimori or to her then treasurer Adriana Tarazona.
- The named group includes figures tied to other probes, such as Federico Aramayo Málaga and Julián Siucho Dextre from the Club de la Construcción case, as well as José Sam Yuen and ex‑congressman Miguel Castro Grandez.
- Records show Fernando and his brother, presidential candidate Carlos Espá, lead the party Sí Creo and have ties to E.G.A. Empresarial and mining firms, and both have not provided substantive public responses.