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Peru Judge Grants Restricted Release to Suspended Prosecutor Elizabeth Peralta

The ruling follows an ex officio review of a December 2024 order that had kept her in pretrial detention.

Overview

  • Provisional Supreme Court Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered Peralta to face the case under restricted appearance rather than preventive detention.
  • Peralta is set to leave the Chorrillos women’s prison within hours under court-imposed conduct rules.
  • The court set a cash bond of 10,000 soles and warned the measure can be revoked under Article 287 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
  • The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office continues investigating suspected influence peddling and specific active bribery involving TV host Andrés Hurtado and businessman Javier Miu Leí.
  • Prosecutors are probing an alleged payment to secure the return of gold bars seized from Miu Leí’s company in 2020, along with two other alleged acts under inquiry.