Overview

• Podemos Perú’s National Secretariat of Ethics and Discipline launched an internal investigation and issued a statement rejecting threats against the press.
• Alcarraz threatened Willax TV reporter Marycielo del Castillo during questioning, saying, “If I were upset, I would have stamped you against the wall.”
• The exchange followed reporting that Alcarraz placed her son’s partner, Diana Alani De la Cruz, as a coordinator despite questions about required credentials and experience.
• Alcarraz acknowledged proposing De la Cruz as trusted staff and said the Congress Office of Human Resources validates appointments, defending the hire as permissible.
• After the incident, Alcarraz posted a video mocking the episode, and specialists warned the hiring could prompt charges such as trafficking of influence or incompatible negotiation, noting her prior 2024 written admonition in a separate ethics case.