Overview
- An early-morning joint operation by the PNP and the Ministerio Público searched 11 properties in Tumbes and Lima, seizing documents, electronics and financial records.
- Authorities detained at least seven people, with police reporting eight arrests, including ex Transportes director and current regional adviser Nick Rojas Prescott, his wife Rosmery Lindo, their domestic worker Miriam Rodríguez and current director Nick Zárate.
- Investigators say the network recruited relatives and associates to create front companies that secured public contracts from the regional Transportes office during 2022–2024.
- The case is being investigated for alleged aggravated collusion and criminal organization, with preliminary 15-day detentions, property searches, asset and device seizures and the lifting of communications secrecy.
- Preliminary damage estimates to the State range from S/300,000 to more than S/1 million, and the regional government has reportedly suspended implicated officials while cooperating with the national probe.