The court revoked the detention order issued against him Jorge Barataformer director of Odebrecht in Peru, and modified it so that it conforms to the limited submissions in the process being pursued in the Gasoducto Sur Peruano case.
The Third National Criminal Court of Appeal agreed with the appeal filed by the Brazilian businessman’s legal defense to annul the decision of October 7, 2024, in which Judge Leodán Cristóbal Ayala ordered 36 months of preventive detention.
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The restriction was revoked and reformulated in appearance with restrictions for a period of 24 months with rules of conduct that include virtual biometric screening through “virtual criminal screening of free defendants and convicted persons”.
He also cannot be absent from his residence without judicial authorization and must respond to requests to appear before tax and judicial authorities whenever requested, virtually.

Restricted appearances against Jorge Barata.
Finally, the payment of an economic bond in the amount of 500,000 S/ is regulated, which must be paid within a 10-day period after the notification of the solution.
The appeals chamber assessed that Jorge Barata did not suffer obstruction or poor procedural conduct, since in his testimony, he uniformly “consistently denied the existence of bribery in the Gasoducto case.”
We recall that Lava Jato’s special team has requested a preventive ban on the Gasoducto Sur Peruano case, where they are accused of serious cooperation for the alleged illegal return of the guarantee and the passing of the impact of the environmental study of the work.
Regarding the obstruction, the decision in the second instance rejected the existence of this risk because “He did not demonstrate specific acts aimed at disrupting the probationary activity”and that living abroad is not in itself a risk of obstruction.
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Finally, in terms of the appropriateness and time limits of the measure, the court emphasizes that less severe measures can be applied to the former Odebrecht executive.
“The elements of conviction show that the accused, from Brazil, has actively cooperated with the Peruvian justice system by giving three key statements (August 14, 2019, December 12, 2019 and June 14, 2023) that have allowed substantial progress in the investigation”the document specifies.