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Peru Orders 15-Day Detention of Callao Governor as Raids Target Alleged Contract Scheme

Prosecutors allege a sub‑8 UIT contracting tactic cost the state S/1.46 million.

Ciro Castillo es acusado de liderar 'Los Socios del Callao', organización que direccionó contratos por más de S/1.400.000
Abogado de Ciro Castillo anuncia apelación tras allanamiento por caso “Los Socios del Callao”.
Presunta organización criminal de Ciro Castillo habría causado perjuicio de S/ 1.4 millones al GORE Callao. Composición: Diario Correo.
Policía tardó 6 días en ejecutar orden de detención contra gobernador Ciro Castillo

Overview

  • Anti-corruption prosecutors and Dircocor police executed 27 simultaneous searches, including at Governor Ciro Castillo’s residence.
  • Judicial measures authorized forced-entry searches, seizures, and the lifting of communications and banking secrecy for those under investigation.
  • The inquiry documents 63 public purchases in 2023–2024 allegedly kept at or below 8 UIT to steer awards to favored providers.
  • Four public-sector figures were preliminarily detained in the operation, identified in local reports as Luis Antonio Blanco Cabrera, César Edilberto Huaringa Arango, Daniel Jesús Villalobos Sampén, and Wilmer Meza Natividad.
  • The case reaches about 15 regional officials, while Castillo’s lawyer says no incriminating documents were found at the home search and plans to appeal the detention order.