Overview
- The candidate’s children say the party still has not given them the driver’s name or the truck’s plate, and they have gone public this week to press for answers and legal action.
- Castro fell on April 9 during a Callao caravan led by congressional candidate Cledín Vásquez Castillo, whom the family says let the caravan continue and did not visit the hospital within 24 hours.
- Relatives say the lack of the driver’s identity and plate blocked Peru’s mandatory crash insurance, known as SOAT, which covers medical care and civil liability after traffic accidents.
- They later got the SOAT coverage activated after filing a hit‑and‑run complaint, though they still want the party to reveal who was driving and who owns the vehicle.
- The family sent notarized letters on April 18 seeking the driver’s identity, the plate, and the vehicle’s insurance papers, and prosecutors in Callao are investigating as they also allege party figures used the wake and burial for campaign messaging.