Overview
- Iván Paredes, appointed INPE chief in July 2025, is under investigation over allegations he sought 80,000 soles in 2019–2020 to secure the release of ex-policeman Marcos Quispe Riveros.
- Walter Martínez said he will not remove Paredes based on a media complaint and will wait for the outcome of administrative and fiscal inquiries after receiving the official’s written defense.
- Audios published by Cuarto Poder were submitted by complainant Adela Huamancusi, with one clip featuring a voice promising to return money after a promised release did not occur.
- Paredes denies requesting money and says the voice in the recordings is not his.
- INPE reported internal anti-corruption actions, including investigations of 49 staff and intensified prison controls that have led to hundreds of visitor interventions and numerous seizures of phones, accessories, drugs, and other contraband.