Overview
- On March 16, the JNJ rejected Espinoza’s appeal and upheld her January removal in disciplinary case No. 061-2025-JNJ.
- The board said she committed very serious misconduct by disregarding its June 2025 order to reinstate Patricia Benavides, citing accounts of a June 16 standoff at the prosecutor’s headquarters.
- With the administrative route exhausted, Espinoza can attempt to challenge the sanction through a constitutional amparo in the courts.
- Responding to the ruling, Espinoza urged the Constitutional Court to take up what she describes as a jurisdictional dispute and to promptly schedule a public hearing.
- Over the weekend, Espinoza was elected dean of the Lima Bar Association, defeating attorney Humberto Abanto.