Overview
- The former president was moved from the Barbadillo prison to a health facility on Wednesday, August 12, in an INPE ambulance escorted by police to treat recurring renal problems.
- His 14-year cohecho conviction for the Lomas de Ilo and Hospital de Moquegua cases is scheduled for appeal on August 20 before the Tercera Sala Penal de Apelaciones Nacional.
- A judicial resolution on August 11 removed Judge Víctor Enriquez Sumerinde from the panel and reassigned him, leaving the final membership of the three-judge appeals court not yet settled.
- Reports say this is Vizcarra’s seventh medical transfer in 2026 and note a January kidney operation, but official medical details and any effect on the appeal timetable have not been released.
- His family and defense call the sentence political persecution and the case now raises questions about prison medical procedures, the speed of appellate scheduling, and public confidence in the process.