Overview
- The Primera Sala Penal de Apelaciones del Callao unanimously rejected defense appeals and confirmed the 15-day preliminary detention for Ciro Castillo and co-defendants in the ‘Los Socios del Callao’ case.
- The panel led by Judge René Martínez Castro, with Ricardo Pastor Arce Vega and Walter Coello Huamán, ruled the defense failed to pinpoint concrete legal or factual flaws in the initial order.
- Court records cite statements from cooperating witness Ricardo Dávila Bustos alleging directed contracting and identifying Jimmy Alexander Whu’s role, with partial corroboration from Marco Antonio Carrera Bedoya.
- Prosecutors allege an organized scheme that steered more than 60 public contracts in GORE Callao and CAFED, with an estimated state loss of S/1,461,121.10 and roughly 15 officials implicated.
- Castillo remains a fugitive after leaving Clínica Stella Maris when the order became public, with broadcast images showing his departure.