Overview
- The Tercera Sala Penal de Apelaciones Nacional scheduled a virtual hearing for August 20, 2026 to review Vizcarra’s appeal of his conviction.
- The conviction the court will review was issued on November 26, 2025 and sentenced Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for receiving about S/2.3 million in bribes linked to the Lomas de Ilo and Moquegua regional hospital projects.
- In preparatory rulings the appellate court declared most testimonial and documentary evidence offered by the defense inadmissible for lacking the legal reserve required by the Código Procesal Penal.
- The court made one exception by admitting testimony from former UNOPS official Fernando Cotrim Barbieri because he lived abroad during the first‑instance trial.
- The tribunal ordered mandatory virtual attendance for parties under penalty of declaring the appeal inadmissible and Vizcarra remains in custody at the Barbadillo prison, making successful reversal harder and placing exceptional weight on the Cotrim testimony and procedural compliance.