Overview
- Peru's high courts determined that campaign contributions in 2006 and 2011 cannot be treated as money laundering, prompting the definitive archive of the 'Cócteles' case.
- Ollanta Humala, nine months into serving a 15-year term, has asked the appeals court to revisit a prior denial of release and has pursued habeas corpus and other remedies.
- The Poder Judicial has not granted his immediate freedom, and he remains held at the Barbadillo prison as his petitions await rulings.
- Humala's defense argues the 2019 criminalization of irregular political financing cannot be applied retroactively and says his conviction relied on testimonies without proof of illicit origin or financial tracing.
- Penal specialists are divided on whether the 'Cócteles' jurisprudence should automatically undo Humala's conviction, with some citing distinct facts tied to Odebrecht and public works and others seeing a shared legal framework on campaign funding.