Overview
- Indecopi’s competition directorate, which opened the sanctions procedure Monday, named five companies and three individuals over alleged price‑fixing of live chickens during 2020–2021 in Lambayeque, La Libertad, Piura, Áncash and Cajamarca.
- The firms under investigation are Avícola Yugoslavia, Molino La Perla, Técnica Avícola, El Rocío and Chimú Agropecuaria, and the named individuals are Max Schneider Saavedra, José Miguel Salcedo Zúñiga and María Delgado Pineda.
- Investigators cite WhatsApp exchanges that line up with company sales records, with compliance allegedly checked through phone calls, WhatsApp messages and follow‑ups by sellers.
- Indecopi says the five companies together produced over 80% of the live‑chicken supply in the affected regions in 2020–2021, which could have shaped local prices and access to a staple protein.
- The step is not a finding of liability, and those named have 30 business days to submit defenses while third parties may send evidence to the agency.