Overview

• INPE said Miguel Marcelo Salirrosas, alias ‘El Diablo’, was moved from Trujillo’s El Milagro to Cajamarca on August 12 under a special closed regime for serious disciplinary violations.
• Officials cited the discovery of a USB, a radio and a charger in his cell and reported verbal and psychological aggression against female custodial staff as reasons for the transfer.
• An INPE statement affirmed Salirrosas arrived in Cajamarca in good health and that prison records show no injuries or complaints of physical mistreatment.
• The move occurred 11 days before Juan José Santiváñez was sworn in as justice minister, and a Panorama audio attributed to him requests favorable treatment for Salirrosas from then–minister Eduardo Arana.
• A protected witness earlier alleged Santiváñez intervened to keep Salirrosas from being moved out of an extended isolation stay, claims that have prompted congressional scrutiny without a judicial finding to date.