Overview
- Producer Nilver Huarac received a nine-year sentence and former GORE Callao officials María Ramos, Cristian Hernández and Juan Solís were each sentenced to six years for aggravated collusion tied to the 2017–2018 festival.
- Prosecutors showed that contract omissions let the private provider collect more than S/440,000 from ticket sales for a festival financed entirely with public funds, bypassing regional accounts.
- The judgment also imposes disqualification from public service for six to ten years and orders a joint civil reparation of about S/568,708 to the State.
- Execution of the sentences is provisionally suspended, with restrictions that include not leaving their place of residence and mandatory monthly court check-ins under threat of revocation.
- Huarac’s defense filed an appeal to the Sala Penal de Apelaciones del Callao and he has publicly emphasized that the ruling is a first-instance decision and not final.