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Peru Raids in Qali Warma Corruption Probe Yield Three Preliminary Arrests

Prosecutors say an embedded network rigged procurement by manipulating sanitary permits to favor Frigoinca.

Overview

  • Authorities searched 13 properties and detained three suspects in La Libertad, Áncash and Lima under a court-ordered preliminary measure.
  • The detainees are investigated for organized crime and influence peddling in contracts linked to the Qali Warma school-feeding program.
  • Prosecutors allege Aníbal Morillo and Jorge Luis Silva leveraged contacts in the regional health office to secure irregular permits for Frigoinca.
  • Former Qali Warma official Luis Álvarez was arrested over alleged bribes to falsify reports on volumes of meat products.
  • The operation, led by prosecutor Reynaldo Abia Arrieta with Dircocor support, seized electronic devices, phones and cash as the case proceeds in its preparatory phase and also scrutinizes Óscar Acuña Peralta.