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La Libertad Health Chief Resigns as Frigoinca Corruption Probe Implicates APP Leader’s Brother

Prosecutors are verifying a cooperating witness’s claims using Frigoinca’s accounting records following the La Libertad health chief’s resignation.

Overview

  • Aníbal Morillo submitted an irrevocable resignation after reports tied him to alleged payments, denying any bribe and requesting inquiries by the Comptroller and prosecutors.
  • A cooperating witness told the Fiscalía that Óscar Acuña received S/77,000 from Frigoinca; Acuña acknowledges receiving money but says it was a personal loan of S/15,000–S/20,000 that he repaid and he has not been charged.
  • The same witness alleges more than S/60,000 was routed to Morillo via intermediary Milton Brocca, whose frequent visits to the regional government coincided with favorable sanitary reports in March 2024.
  • Media citing fiscal files report that Frigoinca turned over its accounting system, which is being used to corroborate deposit records and support ongoing detentions and preventive measures in the case.
  • Frigoinca’s Chepén plant was previously closed for insanitary conditions while supplying the school-feeding program now called Wasi Mikuna, with S/93,800 in alleged payments also linked to technician Jorge Luis Silva Chuna.