Overview
- The National Board of Justice launched a preliminary investigation into supreme prosecutor Delia Espinoza for requesting 36‑month bans on Patricia Benavides in 2024–2025 before a preparatory investigation was formalized.
- The probe also targets prosecutors Rosario López Wong, Elena Delgado Manrique, Marcial Páucar Chappa, Luis Ballón Segovia, and Alejandra Cárdenas Ávila, plus ex‑provisional judge Segismundo León Velasco, who initially granted a 24‑month suspension later overturned by the Supreme Court’s Permanent Criminal Chamber.
- The case record cites a November 2024 hearing, June and July 2025 appeals to keep 36‑month suspensions in place, and an August 2025 cassation bid, steps allegedly pursued despite the matter being in a preliminary phase or under a constitutional‑accusation procedure.
- Those under review face allegations of very serious offenses punishable by suspension or dismissal, and they have 10 business days to submit written defenses to instructor Gino Ríos Patio.
- The JNJ proceeded ex officio after flagging a “disciplinary notice,” following a December complaint from Benavides’s lawyer, and asserted jurisdiction that would ordinarily rest with the control authority.