Overview

• Major PNP Osmar Fabián reported a September 7 call from an anonymous voice claiming to carry a message from the “number one” urging him not to testify and stating it is “easier to silence someone.”
• Cuarto Poder and Panorama broadcast the audio, in which the caller hints at forcing Fabián into retirement if his testimony harms the suspended police chief.
• Fabián filed a complaint at the Condorcanqui police station and then appeared before the Ministerio Público on September 17 to express safety concerns and provide his account.
• The witness says the pressure aims to alter his statements about alleged 2022 irregularities at the police training school, including resolutions that favored unauthorized courses and self-appointments.
• Zanabria remains under an 18‑month court-ordered suspension as prosecutors investigate alleged misuse of officers for construction work, an unregistered S/17,600 donation, and abuses of authority.