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Judge Orders Five-Month Preventive Detention for Ex-President Martín Vizcarra

Detention follows prosecutors’ claim of an imminent flight risk ahead of his bribery trial, with authorities awaiting INPE authorization for his transfer to Barbadillo prison.

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El expresidente de Perú Martín Vizcarra irá a prisión preventiva
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Overview

  • Judge Jorge Chávez ordered five months of preventive detention, citing a prosecution claim of imminent flight risk ahead of a trial expected to finish within six months.
  • Allegations hold that Vizcarra received about $611,000 in bribes in 2014 while he was governor of Moquegua.
  • Prosecutors detailed payments of 400,000 and 600,000 soles in a 2013 irrigation contract and 1.8 million soles tied to a hospital expansion, based on testimony from cooperating executives.
  • The public prosecutor’s office has requested a 15-year prison term for cohecho (bribery).
  • Vizcarra denies wrongdoing, has filed an appeal against the detention order and is awaiting INPE authorization to transfer him to Barbadillo prison.