Overview
- A Flagrancy Court judge, Jaime Machaca Chacolli, ordered four months of prisión preventiva for Mayor Samuel Cueva, a decision issued during a preventive detention hearing.
- Prosecutors had sought six months of preventive detention and immediate initiation of criminal proceedings against Cueva for alleged indecent touching and injuries in relation to an event host.
- The alleged incident took place at a private Father’s Day event on June 19 at El Gran Marqués, where the complainant says the mayor touched her and she later suffered physical injuries.
- The Fiscalía based its request on investigative steps including a reconstruction carried out on June 23, a psychological exam, an interview in the Cámara Gesell, witness statements and video footage from June 19.
- Cueva remains in police custody at PAR Mariano Santos Mateo and the probe also names Sandra Huanacuni in a charges request; local regidores moved to suspend the mayor and protests from both sides have raised tensions ahead of further judicial steps.