Overview
- Visit records show Aldahir Nilton Zevallos Pachau entered Congress frequently and remained in Kelly Portalatino’s office for extended periods without any formal employment.
- Entries cited by reporters include full-day stretches, with some visits running from 10:37 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on multiple dates in July and August.
- Zevallos was convicted in 2017 of aggravated robbery tied to the abduction of a taxi driver in Huancayo and served a five-year prison sentence.
- Portalatino framed his presence as part of rehabilitation and declined to explain what activities he carried out, saying the matter was one of office trust.
- Former congressional official José Cevasco called the practice an excess that poses institutional risk, and no formal inquiry or sanction was reported as of Nov. 10.