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Peru Ex-Governor Elmer Cáceres Llica Freed After Supreme Court Overturns Conviction

He now awaits a new trial as investigations into an alleged regional corruption network continue.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court, through Justice César San Martín Castro, annulled his seven-year aggravated collusion sentence due to procedural flaws that included the disputed admission of a witness.
  • A new first-instance oral trial was ordered over an alleged irregular S/21,460 purchase for seating at the La Montera coliseum during his 2011–2014 term as Caylloma mayor.
  • Cáceres Llica left the Socabaya prison in Arequipa nearly four years after his 2021 detention and was greeted by relatives and supporters.
  • He remains under investigation in the case known as Los Hijos del Cóndor, which he will now confront while free.
  • In brief remarks, he proclaimed innocence, said he will not run in the next elections, and described prison as a period that taught him sobriety.