Overview
- The Second Criminal Appeals Court of Lima Northwest replaced house arrest with three years of preventive detention for Martina Hernández.
- The ruling overturns the August 8 order by Judge Roberth Rimachi Pilco that had imposed electronic monitoring without police custody.
- Hernández is under investigation for alleged participation in an organized-crime group and for illegal possession of explosives.
- Authorities say a June 3 mega-raid detained 25 suspects and seized explosives, cash, a passport, a Western Union card, a Receita Federal document, and Yape and Izipay QR codes at her Ica residence.
- Police allege she handled illicit funds and routed money abroad through front companies to support fugitive leader Erick Moreno, while her defense says it will seek to overturn the detention.