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Judges Confirm Sentences and Advance Trials in Cluster of High‑Profile Latin American Cases

A series of late‑May rulings have moved corruption, terrorism and violent‑crime cases into capture orders, oral‑trial scheduling or requests for extended preventive detention, signaling a tougher push by prosecutors and courts.

El sobrino de 'El Chapo' ya había sido capturado en 2008, pero nunca se informó oficialmente de su escape o liberación.
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Los celestes buscarán su clasificación en La Nueva Olla de Asunción, con una alineación inédita por varias ausencias.
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Overview

  • The Lima Court of Appeals unanimously confirmed a nine‑year prison sentence for Lima regional governor Rosa Vásquez and ordered her immediate capture along with joint civil reparations to be paid with Wálter Tovar.
  • Prosecutors won a judicial ruling that prevents prescription of aggravated terrorism and qualified homicide charges against MRTA leader Víctor Polay, keeping a fiscal request for life imprisonment and scheduling the oral‑trial phase to start on June 17, 2026.
  • A preparatory hearing was set for May 27 to decide whether to open an oral trial against presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez on alleged false statements about campaign funding, with Sánchez saying he will appear virtually.
  • The Public Ministry has asked for up to 36 months of preventive detention for members of the criminal group 'Los Monstruos de Cruz del Médano', citing risk of flight, danger of evidence tampering and testimony describing extreme sexual violence.
  • Judicial authorities extended remands in the Piura mayoral assassination probe, seized a motorcycle and clothing linked to suspects, and parallel inquiries in Mexico and Spain—including a UCO document request at PSOE headquarters and a citatorio for Chihuahua governor Maru Campos—show broader political and cross‑border legal fallout.