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Peru Court Authorizes Seizure of Andrés Hurtado’s Phone Records in Money-Laundering Probe

The order compels carriers to deliver 2014–2025 logs within seven days so investigators can cross-match traffic with banking records.

Overview

  • The ruling covers about 20 people in Hurtado’s circle, including daughters Gennesis and Josetty, comedian Jorge Benavides, and footballer Roberto Siucho, with some named as witnesses.
  • Telecom providers must provide incoming and outgoing call and text logs, subscriber identities, all lines acquired, device identifiers, IP addresses, locations, and payment modalities.
  • Judge Fernando Valdez Pimentel approved the historical-data measure on October 17 at the request of money-laundering prosecutor José Espinoza.
  • Prosecutors will conduct technical traffic analysis and data cross-checks to map potential links and may formalize charges if sufficient indications of illicit flows are found.
  • Hurtado remains under an 18-month preventive detention after a prior release order was not executed due to another restriction, and his defense plans to challenge the communications order as disproportionate.