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Peru Appeals Court Shuts Down Second Collusion Case Against Martín Vizcarra

The panel ruled the filing duplicated facts already adjudicated in the Moquegua public works probe.

Martín Vizcarra: Poder Judicial archiva segundo proceso de colusión simple por obras en Moquegua. Composición: Diario Correo,
Martín Vizcarra y el caso Lomas de Ilo: archivan acusación y descartan el inicio de segundo juicio
Vizcarra responsabiliza directamente al Ejecutivo por esta medida que califica de arbitraria y abusiva.

Overview

  • The Third National Criminal Appeals Chamber on December 22 ordered the definitive dismissal of the simple collusion case, granting Vizcarra’s appeal and overturning Resolution No. 37 of September 1, 2025.
  • The court applied the ne bis in idem safeguard, finding the collusion accusation rested on the same facts already pursued in the bribery proceedings.
  • Judges emphasized that identity of facts governs the analysis regardless of the prosecutor’s different legal labeling of the conduct.
  • The shelved case concerned alleged irregularities in the Lomas de Ilo and Moquegua Regional Hospital projects, including purported concertation with Obrainsa and ICCGSA.
  • The ruling bars prosecutors from reopening the collusion track over those events, and it leaves intact Vizcarra’s 14-year bribery sentence and disqualification after the prosecution had sought up to 10 additional years in the now-dismissed case.