Overview
- Sotomayor died in a local clinic on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, and the family and authorities have not yet released an official cause of death.
- He built a decades-long political career from Bellavista district mayor to provincial mayor of Callao, winning provincial elections in 2010 and 2014.
- Prosecutors had accused him of leading corrupt schemes, including the 'Rich Port 2' case where the Fiscalía won court approval for an oral trial and sought a 29-year sentence.
- Courts had previously ordered 30 months of preventive detention against him in the 'Los Alfiles' probe and media reporting says he faced dozens of other fiscal inquiries.
- The Municipalidad Provincial del Callao, the Regional Government and the Regional Council issued public condolences, and his death is expected to complicate pending criminal and civil proceedings tied to alleged municipal corruption.