Overview
- Opening the continued session, Judge Edie Walther Solórzano disclosed that a relative of defendant Jimmy Alexander Whu Cárdenas phoned him outside official channels.
- He called the approach extraprocedural and unacceptable and said he would notify the competent authorities, including the National Police of Peru.
- The judge did not reveal the call’s content, while judicial sources told La República the communications were threatening and sought to prevent preventive detention.
- Prosecutors are seeking 36 months of preventive detention for Callao regional governor Ciro Castillo Rojo and 12 officials and suppliers in a corruption probe.
- The hearing remains in progress as the court evaluates the request, and the reported interference will be investigated separately by law enforcement.