Overview

• A Peruvian judge ordered Martín Vizcarra to serve five months of preventive detention, citing an imminent risk of flight and questioning his familial and professional ties.
• Vizcarra was taken into custody by the National Police and awaits INPE authorization for transfer to the Barbadillo facility where other former presidents are housed.
• Prosecutors in the ongoing oral trial allege he accepted roughly $611,000 in bribes from construction firms during his governorship in Moquegua and seek a sentence of up to 15 years.
• The case hinges on corroborating testimony from former Obrainsa executives under colaboración eficaz agreements and documentary evidence from contractor records.
• Vizcarra’s defense has appealed the detention order, maintains his innocence, and disputes the prosecution’s timeline and evidence.