Overview
- The Constitutional Court, which ruled Friday, found the ex-interior minister’s habeas corpus inadmissible.
- The petition sought to nullify prosecutorial steps in an influence‑peddling probe, including home and personal searches and the lifting of communications secrecy.
- The court said the Public Prosecutor’s Office submits requests but does not have coercive power, and only the judiciary may approve actions that limit freedom.
- The filing targeted former Attorney General Delia Espinoza and the anti‑corruption special team, and it also alleged bias by prosecutor Carlos Ordaya.
- The decision keeps the investigation into alleged aggravated influence peddling in place and clarifies that challenges to searches or seizures must run through ordinary judicial channels.