Overview
- Former congressman Edgar Villanueva said Alfonso López-Chau was held in Lurigancho and another prison in the 1970s and called on him to explain the episode.
- Ahora Nación released official judicial responses stating there is no registered final conviction against López-Chau and noted he was previously covered by a political amnesty.
- Perú21 reported the party’s claim that López-Chau himself wrote in 1989 that he spent three months in jail for being a “revoltoso” in his youth and left prison under the Velasco-era amnesty.
- Villanueva also alleged López-Chau backs questioned figures in Apurímac, naming coordinators Yulisa Prado and Kevin Román and candidate Elvyn Díaz, including a reported complaint involving Román; these points remain his assertions.
- He said he was removed from Ahora Nación’s Senate list after pushing for internal vetting, with the dispute unfolding during the 2026 campaign and the party’s internal selections.