Overview

• La Mula released Patricia Benavides’ doctoral thesis and reported more than 85% similarity after running it through Turnitin.
• A follow-up report by La Encerrona identified specific sources and displayed side-by-side matches, asserting roughly 30 pages of copy-and-paste.
• The Ministerio Público maintains an active probe into the theses Benavides presented in the 2022 JNJ contest that boosted her top curricular score.
• Senior prosecutor Alejandra Cárdenas had told a court hearing that the thesis used for her selection showed about 85% plagiarism.
• The Sala Penal Permanente of the Supreme Court declared inadmissible a cassation seeking a 24‑month suspension, so no temporary suspension is in effect.