:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/UKDT7BP4D5CBLPOPCL7V4P24AA.jpg "Edgar Alarcón Tejada: trajectory of the politician who died in a tragic bus accident in Ayacucho this Tuesday, May 14 | profile")
Edgar Alarcón Tejada, former comptroller common and former congressman, misplaced his life this Tuesday in a visitors accident that occurred in Ayacucho. The accident concerned a Civa firm bus, which plunged right into a ravine and flipped over. Another 12 individuals died, together with a minor. The Public Ministry has already began an investigation that implicates this firm with a worrying historical past of visitors violations.
In 2019, Civa gathered a complete of 1,233 fines for rushing, and by 2020, it was positioned as the 20 th firm with the very best variety of violations for a similar motive, in accordance with the Superintendence of Land Transportation of People, Cargo and Goods ( Sutran).
Born in Arequipa in 1961 and an accountant by occupation, Alarcón was dismissed as comptroller common by Congress in 2017, a 12 months after being appointed, on account of accusations of alleged illicit enrichment, attributed to an unjustified improve in belongings in relation to his revenue. .
Within the auditing entity, he served as Specialized Audit supervisor, central Operations supervisor, common supervisor, Financial Control supervisor, central Planning supervisor, Finance supervisor, and head of the Administration Office. His profession culminated as president of the Administration Committee of the Assistance and Stimulus Fund (CAFAE) of the Comptroller’s Office.
Edgar Alarcón Tejada in an archive {photograph}. Photo: Flickr/Comptroller’s Office
Despite the controversies, Alarcón was elected legislator for the 2016-2021 interval with the Unión por el Perú (UPP) bench: he chaired the Parliamentary Oversight Commission and actively participated within the emptiness processes towards the then president Martín Vizcarra. the latter of which finally eliminated him.
In April 2021, his political profession confronted one other vital impediment together with his suspension from legislative features, following a felony case for alleged corruption throughout his tenure as comptroller, a case that had already reached the oral trial stage.
Upon studying of the unlucky bus accident in Ayacucho, we specific our deepest condolences to the households of the victims and lengthen our condolences to the family members of the previous comptroller and former congressman of the Republic, Edgar Alarcón Tejada.
— Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (@MinjusDH_Peru) May 14, 2024
With his loss of life, the Supreme Special Criminal Chamber should proceed to declare the extinction of the felony motion and archive the case. The Prosecutor’s Office had proposed a sentence of 15 years in jail, a disqualification from public workplace for 20 years, a effective of S/202,121.50, along with cost for civil reparation that amounted to 5 million 522 thousand 243.72 soles.
Alarcón confronted three constitutional complaints, of which the Permanent Commission declared two as admissible, added to a different 39 investigations by completely different prosecutor’s places of work nationwide. Within the breakdown of those accusations there have been 16 for easy fraudulent embezzlement, seven for cash laundering and 5 for abuse of authority, in accordance with paperwork cited by América Noticias in 2020.
Edgar Alarcón Tejada in an archive {photograph}. Photo: Flickr/Comptroller’s Office
One of the investigations into cash laundering targeted on the best way wherein Alarcón imported greater than 90 automobiles, since neither his identify nor that of his youngsters are listed as patrons of products from overseas, in accordance with the information of the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (Sunat).
The Public Ministry was additionally finishing up 11 different investigations that included accusations of aggravated theft, fraud, tax crimes, crimes towards public religion, customs income fraud, violence and resistance to authority, amongst different alleged crimes. Six complaints filed towards the previous comptroller common and former congressman concerned fees similar to usurpation of authority, crimes towards public peace and towards voting rights.
Congress, the Ministry of Justice, former ministers and several other legislators have expressed their condolences after the tragedy wherein his loss of life occurred. At the closing of this observe, Russell Chipana, consultant of the Ombudsman’s Office, reported that 13 individuals had been injured and are being handled on the Ayacucho Regional Hospital. They are discovered as “free sufferers” as a result of Civa has not offered the corresponding documentation for the Mandatory Traffic Accident Insurance (SOAT).