Overview
- Ciro Castillo surfaced from hiding in a bathroom interview on Día D, calling the accusations an offensive political setup.
- He remains a fugitive under border alerts with an active arrest warrant, and a 24‑month preventive detention order will take effect upon capture.
- Prosecutors allege more than 60 low‑value contracts were split in 2023 and early 2024 to evade bidding, causing losses above S/1.5 million and naming Castillo as the leader.
- A December 2025 operation raided 27 properties and led to the detentions of logistics chief Hiromi Zúñiga and adviser Jimmy Alexander Whu.
- Castillo cites insulin‑dependent diabetes, hypertension and arthrosis as health risks if jailed, while the vice‑governor currently runs the regional government.