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Court Upholds Conviction of Wanda del Valle for Offer to Kill Dirincri Chief

The ruling preserves a six-year, one-month and 22-day prison term, highlighting cross-border police cooperation through extradition plus reliance on protected-witness testimony.

Overview

  • The Primera Sala de Apelaciones Permanente of San Juan de Lurigancho declared the defense appeal unfounded on Friday, June 26, and confirmed the February trial court's sentence of six years, one month and 22 days in prison for Wanda del Valle.
  • Prosecutors built the case largely on a protected witness who said they were offered 14,000 soles to kill General Víctor Revoredo, the head of the Dirección de Investigación Criminal (Dirincri).
  • Wanda del Valle was captured in Colombia in December 2023, extradited to Peru in 2024, and remains held at the women's penitentiary in Chorrillos while authorities pursue related inquiries.
  • Peruvian prosecutors and police say del Valle has alleged links to the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, a claim that continues to be investigated by judicial and police units.
  • Separately, Lima police are probing two violent incidents over June 26–27 — the shooting of a security guard outside the ‘Tío Fritz’ business under a suspected extortion line of inquiry, and a violent San Juan de Lurigancho crash that left seven people injured — showing broader public-safety strains being examined by Depincri and local units.