Overview

• TV program Panorama aired audio attributed to Juan José Santiváñez asking then–justice minister Eduardo Arana to arrange a better pavilion for convicted ex-police officer Miguel Marcelo Salirrosas at El Milagro prison in Trujillo.
• The Public Ministry says the conversation dates to September 2024 and reports at least 77 audios, 33 images and over 1,000 messages in a broader probe into alleged influence trafficking.
• Prosecutors also allege fee requests of S/20,000 and US$20,000 tied to securing a case before the Constitutional Tribunal, with an audio citing supposed support from two magistrates, including a reference to “Ticse.”
• Santiváñez acknowledges meeting the inmate’s wife while in office and disputes any illicit conduct, calling the recordings nonincriminatory and describing payments as documented legal fees.
• Lawmakers are collecting signatures for censure motions against Arana and Santiváñez, as cabinet members defend due process and urge forensic verification of the audios.