Peruvian Prosecutors Want Keiko Fujimori Sentenced to 35 Years in Jail
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Peruvian prosecutors want Keiko Fujimori sentenced to 35 years in jail
Peruvian Lava Jato prosecutor José Domingo Pérez submitted a filing Wednesday requesting a 35-year prison sentence for former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, in a revised criminal indictment in the so-called 'cocktail case,' which investigates the alleged irregular financing of her 2011 and 2016 election campaigns. In a previous proceeding ending up in a mistrial in April this year, a 30-year sentence had been sought.
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On Wednesday, the Peruvian Prosecutor's Office filed a formal indictment against the leader of Fuerza Popular and former presidential candidate, Keiko Fujimori , daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, for which she has requested a 35-year prison sentence for charges related to the irregular financing of her election campaigns in 2011 and 2016. The agency has also requested a 730-day fine for the crimes of money laundering and criminal or…
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Giulliana Loza, Keiko Fujimori's lawyer, rejected the new request from the Public Prosecutor's Office for 35 years' imprisonment against her defended by the Cocktails case. She stated that they had not received formal notice of the request and that they had learned by the media. In this regard, she questioned the legality of the procedure. Fujimori's legal defense maintains that the request is filed without having the full file in the prosecutor…
Case ‘Cócteles’: Judiciary authorized new indictment against Keiko Fujimori to go to the control stage Source: RPP The new fiscal charge filed against Popular Force leader Keiko Fujimori, and others for the alleged illegal contributions to her 2011 and 2016 presidential campaigns, known as ‘Cócteles’, must be submitted to a supervisory or review stage by the Judiciary, in order to determine whether to enter the oral trial phase.
A 730-day fine was also requested for money laundering and criminal organization, a request that comes after the annulment of the oral trial against Fujimori and another 30 co-defendants.
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