Overview

• On October 9, Judge Wilson Verastegui Gálvez issued an order opening the oral trial and sent the case to the National Criminal Collegiate Court to schedule proceedings.
• Prosecutors seek 25 years and permanent disqualification for Vladimir Cerrón for alleged affiliation and obstruction, and 20 years for Guillermo Bermejo and Guido Bellido for alleged affiliation.
• The accusation cites cooperating witnesses, phone intercepts and seized documents alleging contacts with Sendero Luminoso remnants in the VRAEM.
• The ruling also covers SL leader Víctor Quispe Palomino and seven others, with a request of life imprisonment for Quispe Palomino.
• The antiterrorism procuraduría requests S/100,000 in civil damages plus S/30,000 for alleged obstruction, and Cerrón remains in hiding under a separate 24‑month preventive detention order in a money‑laundering probe.