Overview
- Prosecutors led by fiscal Pool Kevin Alarcón Barrionuevo carried out a document exhibition and seizure at the municipal planning institute IMPLA on Thursday as part of the new inquiry.
- The Fiscalía flagged the PDM 2026–2045 zoning regulation for listing “prostíbulos, casas de cita, lenocinios y similares” in industrial zones I1 and I2 and says that wording could configure the crime of favorecimiento a la prostitución.
- The investigation has been formalized for an initial 60 days and will include sworn statements from the provincial mayor and senior IMPLA officials to establish responsibility and intent.
- IMPLA’s general manager Patricia Muñoz Medina said the institute will cooperate, stressed that IMPLA only defines land‑use categories and does not grant operating licenses, and said the PDM timetable will not be halted.
- Prosecutors recall a 2023 warning to the municipal government over a proposed “zona rosa,” and outcomes could range from edits to the plan to criminal charges if evidence shows officials authorized or encouraged prostitution-related activity.