Overview

• A nationwide order directs police to locate and capture Fernández for transfer to the El Milagro prison in Trujillo, with the term to begin once he is in custody.
• The court ordered S/20,000 in civil reparations payable to Morillas Rodríguez.
• Fernández’s lawyer announced he will appeal the ruling.
• Media reports say the sentence effectively removes the Un Camino Diferente pre-candidate from the presidential race.
• From hiding, Fernández denounced the verdict as politically motivated and referenced César Acuña, while noting he was recently acquitted in a separate defamation case.