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Peru’s Lava Jato Team Files ‘Dedo de Dios’ Indictment Against Ex-Transport Officials

The filing advances to judicial control of legality with prosecutors requesting 11-year prison terms.

Overview

  • Provincial prosecutor Norma Geovana Mori Gómez submitted the indictment targeting former MTC officials José Ortiz, Mario Arbulu and Kitty Trinidad.
  • The case centers on alleged collusion tied to section 4 of the Peru–Brazil Interoceanic Highway project known as the Corredor Vial Interoceánica Sur.
  • The Ministerio Público said the accusation also covers additional defendants for the presumed crime of collusion.
  • Prosecutors requested 11 years of imprisonment for each accused as part of the charging document.
  • This marks the Lava Jato special team’s 30th accusation presented to the judiciary, and the case now proceeds to control of legality before the Poder Judicial.