Overview
- The Supreme Preparatory Investigation Court scheduled the review for Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 3:00 p.m., led by Judge Juan Carlos Checkley.
- The Segunda Fiscalía Suprema Especializada filed the extension request on Feb. 20, seeking one additional year of preventive detention.
- Castillo has been under a 36‑month preventive detention order issued on March 9, 2023, in a case over an alleged criminal organization.
- Prosecutors allege aggravated criminal organization with collusion and influence‑peddling tied to Provías Descentralizado, the Transport and Housing ministries, and Petroperú.
- Fiscal suprema adjunta Galinka Meza has estimated potential aggregate penalties of about 32 years if the prosecution’s charges are proven.