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Oversight Drive Intensifies in Peru as Police Purchases Probed and Election Rules Enforced

Raids, court filings, electoral rulings signal cases moving into trial phases before Peru’s 2026 vote.

Overview

  • - Peru’s audit office found the National Police lacked proper technical justification to buy high‑end vehicles for top brass, including 50 Toyota RAV4s and seven Audi Q5s worth over S/7 million in total.
  • - In Puno, SO2 Jhonatan Huirse Silva admitted stealing a car on December 25 as videos suggested fellow officers’ involvement, prompting Aymara leaders to demand a full station overhaul and a phased personnel rotation by the PNP.
  • - The JEE Lima Centro 1 admitted a challenge against Renovación Popular’s presidential slate after a fee was corrected, notifying the party’s legal representative to respond within one calendar day.
  • - The JEE Chiclayo fined Chiclayo mayor Janet Cubas 60 UIT (S/321,000) and Monsefú mayor Erwin Huertas 30 UIT for breaching state publicity rules, and sent oversight reports to prosecutors.
  • - In related judicial actions, the Bahiense del Norte case advanced to a trial request for Leandro Ginóbili and others with a new concealment probe opened from phone evidence, Judge Luis Armella ordered a raid on businessman Javier Faroni’s home in the Sur Finanzas investigation, and Nicolás Payarola was moved to a Buenos Aires prison under preventive detention as his case proceeds; separately, prosecutors definitively archived ex‑minister Juan José Santiváñez’s complaint against Latina TV journalists.