Overview
- Cerrón announced from hiding via X that he will lead Perú Libre’s presidential slate with Congressman Flavio Cruz as first vice president and his mother, Bertha Rojas, as second vice president.
- He remains under an active preventive detention order in a money‑laundering probe into alleged irregular campaign financing, with judges set to consider his request for release conditions on Nov. 26.
- Prosecutors are also investigating Bertha Rojas for alleged fronting and assets incompatible with her income, extending scrutiny to Cerrón’s close circle.
- The registered slate lists Waldemar Cerrón and Ana María Córdova as alternates, while party operative Richard Rojas heads the list of deputy precandidates.
- Perú Libre’s congressional and senate precandidates include former ministers and ambassadors from the Castillo government, and Peruvian law allows runs without a final conviction as the general election approaches on April 12, 2026.