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Piura Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Seize Bernal District Records in Collusion Probe Over 2024 Electrification Works

The review follows a complaint alleging a ghost service that cost Bernal about S/99,000.

Overview

  • FECOF Piura, led by prosecutor Wilson Aliaga Angulo with police support, executed the document seizure at the Bernal municipal offices.
  • The investigation focuses on 2024 services for network electrification, pole installation and public lighting carried out under Mayor José Gilberto Ruiz Loro.
  • Prosecutors requested administrative files, technical dossiers, service orders, contracts and payment records to verify suspected irregularities.
  • A complaint filed on September 17 by citizens Darwin Mendoza and María Chunga also names former municipal managers Juan Carlos Coro Jaramillo and Walter García Mejía as alleged participants.
  • Reports describe a presumed one‑day execution and next‑day approval without field verification, with the alleged loss cited as more than S/80,000 to roughly S/99,000, and no public response from the mayor.