Overview
- Peru’s Supreme Court’s Permanent Criminal Chamber, led by Judge César San Martín, declared Martín Vizcarra’s cassation unfounded on October 29 and ordered immediate transmission of the ruling to the trial court.
- The chamber held there was no due process violation, noting the oral trial was validly installed with proper notifications and that any challenge should have been raised in the intermediate stage under Article 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
- The case returns to the Cuarto Juzgado Penal Colegiado to continue in its final phase, with some media reporting that a sentencing decision could come as early as November.
- Prosecutor Germán Juárez of the Lava Jato team accuses Vizcarra of cohecho pasivo propio and seeks a 15‑year prison term, alleging S/1 million from Obrainsa for Lomas de Ilo and S/1.3 million from ICCGSA tied to the Moquegua hospital.
- Vizcarra said he accepts the ruling but remains defiant, while staying registered on Perú Primero’s 2026 slate despite a congressional ban and signaling plans to pursue measures before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.