Alfredo Benavides, one of the most popular comedians in Peru, has Niño Alfredito among his most beloved characters. Despite his renowned career, in recent months, the comic actor has been involved in alleged corruption crimes, specifically money laundering.
In the framework of the investigations initiated against Benavides for money laundering at the end of 2021, it was discovered that he owned several properties, which could not be justified by the comedian as he did not have sufficient financial support in his bank accounts. After making these facts known, the former member of the disappeared program “Welcome to the afternoon” revealed what his salary was.
What was Alfredo Benavides’ salary at Latina?
In November of the previous year, during one of the hearings for the corruption case in which Carlos Burgos, former mayor of San Juan de Lurigancho, was involved, the remembered Niño Alfredito revealed how much he earned in Latina. Benavides detailed the amount in order to justify how he acquired his properties, which —according to the fiscal hypothesis— would have been purchased with illicit money.
According to Benavides’ justification, when he worked on the programs “Welcome to the afternoon” and “El especial del humor”, he received a large salary of $15,000.
“I used to work at Latin Frequency receiving more than 15,000 dollars a month in two television programs, one ‘El especial del humor’ and two ‘Welcome to the afternoon’, which are contemplated in invoices towards me,” said the remembered Niño Alfredito before the Judge Jorge Chavez Tamariz.
It should be noted that, despite the fact that the Prosecutor’s Office requested preventive detention for Benavides for the Burgos corruption case, the judge in charge rejected it. However, he imposed 36 months of impediment to leave the country and the payment of 70,000 soles.
What happened to the program “Welcome to the afternoon”?
The Latina reality show came to an end on December 31, 2015. According to Laura Huarcayo, former host of “Welcome to the Afternoon”, the end of the program occurred when she announced that she would resign to dedicate more time to her son.
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