Overview
- Carolina Delgado and Alejandra Cárdenas were removed from the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes Committed by Public Officials and sent back to Sullana and Arequipa, respectively.
- Both prosecutors say they were advancing inquiries tied to the ‘Los Cuellos Blancos del Puerto’ network, including a preliminary probe of Tomás Gálvez for alleged bribery and influence peddling.
- Delgado says her ouster followed her confirmation of that preliminary inquiry in an official response; the removal was formalized by a resolution published in El Peruano on October 30.
- Gálvez defended the decision on RPP, alleging the prosecutors engaged in “cosas indebidas” against him and arguing they erred by cooperating with a provincial probe into a supreme prosecutor, which he says only Congress, the JNJ or the Public Ministry chief may investigate.
- Cárdenas had also handled diligences involving former Attorney General Patricia Benavides and former JNJ members, raising concerns about continuity and oversight of multiple sensitive investigations.