Overview
- The judiciary upheld an extinción de dominio ruling that transfers the bars, valued at S/2,506,474.40, to the State.
- Investigators said the 6.16 kg and 6.17 kg ingots were intercepted in August 2022 as they were set to be exported to India through an intermediary.
- The case identifies Julio Chambi and Gomercindo Condori as the handlers of the shipment, which lacked proof of lawful origin.
- Both men were listed in the Reinfo and Recpo registries for miners and gold traders, yet they failed to present technical or legal papers that showed how the metal was extracted or obtained.
- Extinción de dominio is a civil tool that lets the State seize property linked to crime to keep illicit gains out of the formal economy, and prosecutors said they will keep targeting assets from illegal mining.