Overview
- Granting a habeas corpus, the Constitutional Court annulled all judicial and prosecutorial acts in the case and ordered the Tenth Preliminary Investigation Court to promptly review Fujimori’s legal status.
- The majority decision (5–2) invalidated the July 2, 2025 prosecutorial accusation and found the proceedings breached the principles of legality and reasonable time.
- Justices held that the laundering subtype of “receptación patrimonial,” created in November 2016, could not be applied to earlier facts and that the criminal‑organization charge lacked proven intent.
- TC president Luz Pacheco issued a partial dissent, warning the tribunal should not decide the penal relevance of the alleged conduct and should leave that to ordinary courts.
- Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez said the ruling benefits Fujimori and sought adjustments in related cases such as Susana Villarán’s trial, but a judge declined to suspend proceedings and will weigh arguments next week.