Overview
- A Third Superior Preparatory Investigation Court issued Resolution No. 01 ordering the preliminary detention of Virú provincial prosecutor William Fernando Salinas Anastacio for alleged specific passive bribery.
- Police anti-corruption officers from DEPDICC-Trujillo located and arrested the prosecutor in the district of Simbal, with one report stating the capture occurred at a restaurant.
- The incident stems from a Sept. 25 Google Meet hearing on two minors detained with explosives that continued recording after adjournment, capturing a call in which the prosecutor allegedly discussed a payoff and demanded the payment be doubled, according to the court document.
- Civil Mixed Court judge Rosa Gil Cahuana discovered the conversation in the transcript the next day and alerted the First Superior Criminal Prosecutor’s Office of La Libertad, prompting coordinated action with the judiciary and police.
- The regional prosecutors’ board, led by Luis Gustavo Guillermo Bringas, denounced the conduct as grave, described it as an isolated case, and pledged a full investigation with guarantees of due process.