Overview

• Giovanna Vélez says her 2006 article was reproduced essentially in full in the thesis between pages 83 and 111 without authorization or citation.
• La Encerrona’s reporting, using Turnitin, highlighted high similarity in the document and cited an overall match of about 86% with other sources.
• Vélez filed a formal ethics complaint on October 7 with the Lima Bar Association seeking an investigation by its Ethics Commission.
• RPP reported that the First Supreme Prosecutor’s Office specializing in crimes by officials may have opened an inquiry ex officio, a step not yet publicly confirmed by authorities.
• If plagiarism is proven, coverage notes potential consequences including penalties under Penal Code Article 219, possible sanctions by the bar, and Sunedu review that could annul the degree; Vélez also argued this could affect Benavides’s eligibility for high prosecutorial posts.