Francisco Coeymans: international arrest and capture order against him is confirmed

The Court of Appeals of Santiago confirmed the arrest warrant against Francisco Coeymans, former general manager of Primus Capital, and requested preventive detention and an international arrest warrant. This, after the Fourth Guarantee Court of Santiago decided to accept the request raised by the Public Ministry within the framework of the investigation called “fraud scheme” that affected the factoring controlled by Raimundo Valenzuela, a financial and wine businessman.

According to information from La Tercera, the “the extradition request made by the Public ministry and the complaining party, must proceed through diplomatic channels and with the procedures provided for by law to request extradition to the Republic of Peru through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, an organization that will carry out the diplomatic efforts that may be appropriate, and ask the country in which he is located to order his prior detention or adopt the necessary and indispensable measures to prevent or avoid his escape.”.

Furthermore, it stated that between the governments of Peru and Chile, an Extradition Treaty was signed in Lima on November 5, 1932. This was approved by the National Congress on August 14, 1993 and published in the Official Gazette as a law of the Republic on August 27, 1936.

Background to Coeymans’ release

On Tuesday, May 21, the Supreme Court of Peru decreed the freedom of Francisco Coeymans, after being detained in the Pucallpa Prison. This after being detained by an international order issued by Judge Marian Leyton, since the accused did not appear at the formalization hearing.

Currently, the Executive power and charged with the alleged crimes of fraud, unfair administration, malicious use of a false private commercial instrument, “money laundering” and computer espionage.