Overview
- Peru’s Tenth Preliminary Investigation Court executed the Constitutional Court’s order and definitively archived the money‑laundering and criminal‑organization charges, lifting all personal and asset measures on Fujimori and extending the decision to dozens of co‑defendants and the party Fuerza Popular.
- The court left in place allegations of false statement in administrative procedure and generic falsehood for a defined group, and it kept a separate money‑laundering probe open against Mark Vito Villanella and MVV Bienes Raíces, instructing prosecutors to reissue a filing on the remaining counts.
- The National Control Authority of the Public Ministry suspended prosecutor José Domingo Pérez for six months with immediate effect over conduct tied to the case, noting he can appeal but faces potential dismissal depending on the outcome.
- In a separate decision, the National Appeals Criminal Chamber definitively archived the investigation of Congressman Guido Bellido for alleged terrorist affiliation, ruling that receipt of USB drives with ideological material did not prove active membership in a subversive group.
- Upcoming electoral‑cycle proceedings include a January 21 appeals hearing on former president Martín Vizcarra’s request to suspend his 14‑year sentence, a JNE session Thursday on appeals over the tacha against candidate Mario Vizcarra, and an appeal admitted against a JEE ruling on José Williams’s candidacy.