I don’t think you have a complete grasp of the political situation and public opinion down there. This is way beyond influence and money. He is a gringo who has challenged and insulted their national honor. This is the Lori Berenson on case on meth. Unless you have been reading the Peruvian newspapers and watching their TV coverage for the past week, you can’t imagine how this has been processed in the Peruvian psyche. Any public official who let him go, for any amount of money, would be lynched. He will be lucky to survive to his trial, and the only reason he will is that, again, Peruvian honor is at stake.
I agree. Peru will not let him go anywhere. I think the cell shown in the video was a temporary holding cell until the trial. Money accepted from his family will go to pay for legal representation, some additional food, and maybe "some" protection. He is toast.
I agree with you. This is not some rich Kennedy who may have raped a Peruvian girl, or maybe it was consensual, and money greases palms and he’s outa there.
This is a SERIAL KILLER with an upper-middle-class family who won’t be able to do much, and he has come to Peru and brutally murdered a famous man’s only daughter. He’s NOT going to see the Aruban beaches again.
I have not been following how this is playing down in Peru, but I certainly hope you are right.