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Peru’s JNJ Puts Six-Month Suspension of Prosecutor General Delia Espinoza to a Vote After No-Show

The oversight body is weighing sanctions over her refusal to reinstate Patricia Benavides as ordered.

Overview

  • The Junta Nacional de Justicia noted Delia Espinoza’s absence from the scheduled hearing and left the proposed six-month suspension to a vote.
  • Espinoza skipped the session and held a press conference at the Fiscalía, claiming the effort to remove her lacks legal basis.
  • The JNJ stated she was notified at her declared addresses in La Molina and Miraflores but did not appear.
  • Rapporteur María Teresa Cabrera opened the disciplinary case and cited four very serious faults, including defying Resolution No. 231-2025 and actions to obstruct Patricia Benavides’s reinstatement on June 16.
  • JNJ president Gino Ríos did not indicate when a decision would be announced, a separate hearing will consider preventive separation for six months, and six of seven magistrates were present with Francisco Távara absent and reportedly excluded from cases involving Espinoza, according to Perú21.