Overview

• The Tercer Juzgado Penal Colegiado installed the oral trial at 9:00 a.m. in the Carlos Zavala court in Lima.
• Prosecutors accuse Villarán of illicit association, money laundering, collusion, false administrative declaration and ideological falsehood.
• Villarán acknowledges receiving significant contributions from Odebrecht and OAS but disputes the US$11 million figure and denies corrupt favors.
• She says only she and former municipal manager José Miguel Castro knew of the funds, noting his June death removes key testimony she considered important.
• Lima’s mayor Rafael López Aliaga publicly urged her to declare guilt and suggested confinement at the DINOES facility.