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Peru’s Congress Ethics Panel to Weigh Two Alcarraz Probes After New Videos Air

Television footage alongside police statements has intensified scrutiny ahead of the Ethics Committee session.

Overview

  • The committee is scheduled Monday at 4 p.m. to consider opening investigations into non‑grouped lawmaker Kira Alcarraz.
  • One case involves alleged verbal aggression and threats toward journalist Marycielo Del Castillo after questions about hires in Alcarraz’s office, a complaint revived on reconsideration.
  • A second, ex officio case concerns an alleged assault on a Lima SAT inspector during a Jan. 5 traffic operation at the Atoncongo bridge, including claims she seized his phone and struck him.
  • The inspector filed a police report stating the attack was a slap, and he later told reporters he was scratched and hit three times.
  • Cuarto Poder broadcast video tied to the SAT incident and separate 2020 neighborhood footage, while Alcarraz denied wrongdoing and said the matter is in authorities’ hands.