Overview
- The Lima specialized anti-trafficking prosecutor’s office reported that a second-instance court confirmed effective prison terms for those convicted in the Nicolini case.
- Jonny Coico Sirlopu and Vilma Zeña Santamaría were found guilty of aggravated human trafficking for labor exploitation and slavery, receiving initial 2018 sentences of 35 and 32 years.
- The judiciary upheld Zeña’s 32-year term in December 2025, and the new confirmation ratifies the multi-decade penalties and closes remaining avenues of appeal.
- The ruling bars the convicts from contracting with the state and orders civil reparations of S/20,000 to each of the three survivors and S/479,000 and S/459,000 to the heirs of the two deceased victims.
- Investigators found the victims were locked in a fifth-floor container without ventilation, lighting, food, or sanitation, paid S/25 per day to assemble luminaires, and two died in the 2017 fire.