Overview
- Ahora Nación and López-Chau’s team said he was jailed in the 1970s for political reasons under the Velasco military regime and later amnestied.
- An official query to the Judicial Branch found no registered final criminal conviction for López-Chau in the National Registry of Convictions.
- Legal experts note that candidates must disclose only firm criminal sentences, though electoral authorities may seek court records to verify declarations.
- Ex-congressman Edgar Villanueva alleged the party backs questioned figures in Apurímac and said he was dropped from the Senate list after pressing for transparency.
- The National Appeals Criminal Court denied Vladimir Cerrón’s bid to replace his preventive detention with restricted release, citing more than 100 elements of conviction, while his registered candidacy remains in place as he stays fugitive.