Overview
- Anti-corruption prosecutors with police intelligence carried out 14 simultaneous searches at homes and offices, including the Cangallo and Huanta municipalities, Provías Descentralizado in Lima, the Chincho district office, and Wari Contratistas Generales SRL.
- Mayor Teófilo Núñez Achallma and businessman Juan Carlos Gómez Gonzales were arrested on suspicion of organized crime and aggravated collusion.
- Arrest warrants remain outstanding for businessman Max Klizman Pretel Casaico, identified as the suspected ringleader and owner of Wari, and for lawyer Jersy Ulianov Góngora Huamán.
- Investigators seized computers, phones, storage devices, documents, bank slips, and more than S/24,000 in cash for forensic analysis.
- The inquiry focuses on alleged steering and overpricing of public works, including a road project in Huanta worth over S/20 million, with related probes touching Cangallo, Independencia, and Chincho as well as figures such as ex-Huanta mayor Renol Pichardo Ramos.