Overview
- The Supreme Court’s special chamber ordered a 20‑month extension of the preparatory investigation into former president Pedro Castillo and ex‑ministers Juan Silva and Geiner Alvarado tied to the Petroperú, Puente Tarata, and Housing Ministry cases.
- Judge Edhin Campos Barranzuela partially granted a 24‑month request from the special supreme prosecutor and set 20 months as a proportional term because provincial prosecutors are also pursuing parts of the case.
- The preparatory investigation is the evidence‑gathering stage before formal charges, and the original 36‑month window ended in February 2026.
- Prosecutors said they need more time to process data from lifted communication, banking, and tax secrecy, to take further witness and suspect statements, and to obtain missing records from public and private entities.
- Related detention orders remain in effect, including 12 more months of preventive detention for Castillo, a seven‑month extension for Alvarado, and an active national and international arrest order for Silva tied to a 36‑month detention mandate.