Overview
- A judge of first instance, Leodan Cristóbal Ayala, ordered the archive of the asociación ilícita (organized‑crime) accusation against Ollanta Humala, Nadine Heredia and several former ministers in a resolution issued July 3 that also lifted personal precautionary measures tied solely to that charge.
- The ruling rested on Law No. 32108 and the principle of retroactivity favoring defendants, with the court finding the alleged predicate offense, colusión agravada, carries a six‑year minimum that did not meet the higher threshold the 2024 law required to sustain an organización criminal charge.
- The decision was extended to former ministers Luis Miguel Castilla, Eleodoro Mayorga, René Cornejo and Carlos Paredes, who will no longer face personal restrictions imposed only because of the archived asociación ilícita count.
- Prosecutors still pursue the colusión agravada allegation and possible civil reparations, and the court scheduled further control hearings to evaluate defense requests to archive that remaining charge and to determine any state compensation.
- The archive does not affect the separate April 15, 2025 conviction for lavado de activos that keeps Humala detained in Barbadillo prison or Nadine Heredia’s asylum status in Brazil, and the first‑instance ruling can be appealed or revisited in later procedural stages.