Overview
- The Public Prosecutor says it mobilized about 7,000 prosecutors and carried out 18,407 preventive actions between May 28 and June 8 to supervise the second-round vote held on Sunday, June 7.
- Officials recorded 116 penal incidents, including 86 reports of irregularities in official tallies, 19 alleged identity frauds and three cases of destroyed electoral material, and 72 people were detained in multiple regions.
- In Ucayali two prosecutors, José Samanez and Erika Chávez, were held by police for up to five hours after a dispute over marked ballots and control of evidence; police accused the prosecutors of omission and cover-up.
- The Junta of Supreme Prosecutors has rejected the detentions and announced it will press criminal charges against the officers involved for alleged kidnapping while the Judiciary has ordered the release of at least three detainees in Lima for lack of evidence.
- The episode highlights friction between police and prosecutors over chain-of-custody and operational roles during elections and could prompt legal and procedural reviews that affect how evidence and interventions are handled in future voting rounds.