Overview
- The Office of the Prosecutor General sent a “very urgent” request to the Transport and Communications Ministry for the original Supreme Resolution No. 016‑2023‑MTC that named Ismael Sutta vice minister.
- The request was issued via Official Letter No. 214‑2025‑[29]‑MP‑FN‑AEIDC on October 13, 2025, signed by deputy supreme prosecutor Wilfredo Alex Rivera Baltazar, with a 48‑hour deadline from notification.
- Prosecutors say the document is needed as part of a preliminary illicit enrichment investigation to verify the legal authority of Sutta’s appointment and identify possible procedural defects.
- The MTC’s website shows Sutta remains in the vice minister post despite ongoing inquiries and a change of sector leadership from César Sandoval to Aldo Prieto.
- Previous reporting and case files in Cusco cite active probes for alleged embezzlement, extortion, abuse of authority, and influence peddling, alongside Comptroller findings of losses exceeding 700,000 soles tied to earlier municipal management.