The former deputy is accused of money laundering and bribery. This Tuesday he will face the preliminary hearing.
The Second Court of Instruction of San Salvador will hold a preliminary hearing today against former deputy Roberto Carlos Silva Pereira, who is accused of two crimes: special cases of money laundering and assets and active cooperation (bribery).
The hearing will be via video conference, as Silva Perira is under preventive pressure in the Maximum Security Penitentiary (better known as Zacatraz), the Isidro Menéndez Judicial Center reported.
The former legislator was deported by the United States on January 8 and arriving in El Salvador was arrested by Interpol for pending litigation with the judiciary.
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The former official had an arrest warrant dating back to January 25, 2007 issued by the First Criminal Chamber, but this after declaring itself incompetent to continue judging the case for having completed the legislative period for which he had been elected, sent it . to the Second Court of Instruction, explains Courts.
Silva Pereira is credited with the fact that between 2002 and March 2006, before he was elected deputy, he allegedly offered and gave bribes to mayors to be awarded public contracts, but in turn these will be illegally awarded to companies he represented and which obtained contracts without following the legal public tender procedure.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the money he obtained in that way, the former legislator placed them in the financial system and then invested in goods.