Overview

• The Permanent Chamber oralized the ruling on October 9, annulling the 2023 Arequipa judgment for aggravated collusion in the “butacas” case.
• Prison authorities are awaiting the formal order, and with no active custody measures, he could leave the Socabaya prison within hours.
• Justice César San Martín said prosecutors altered the accusation and added a witness who never testified, undermining the defense’s rights.
• The case centers on the 2011–2014 purchase of 232 metal seats for the La Montera coliseum in Caylloma, alleged to have been directed to favor a supplier and to include noncompliant goods.
• The annulment is not an acquittal, the prior disqualification from public office is unsettled pending retrial, and the separate “Los Hijos del Cóndor” investigation remains active after its preventive detention expired in April 2025.