Overview
- Justice Minister Walter Martínez said disciplinary proceedings have begun against INPE director Iván Paredes, stressing that due process will be observed.
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said the influence‑peddling case remains under investigation and that a decision on Paredes’s continuity would be taken in the coming hours.
- Indecopi sanctioned Paredes for failing to issue receipts, not filing an agreed criminal complaint, and not returning US$3,500 to a client, with a fine confirmed in August 2024.
- Records show the fine was still listed when he took office and was paid in August 2025; Indecopi accepted a bank transfer voucher and WhatsApp chats as evidence, while Paredes claimed the payment was in cash and denied wrongdoing.
- Separately, an anti‑corruption probe over alleged S/80,000 and audio recordings is active, the prosecutor requested a forensic voice analysis, and Paredes has not attended fiscal summonses while disputing the tapes.