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Peru’s Education Ministry Says 2013 Sexual-Offense Complaint Against New Minister Was Closed

Prosecutors archived the 2013 case based on a legal-medicine report according to the ministry.

Overview

  • The ministry said the Public Ministry investigated the allegation involving Education Minister Erfurt Manuel Castillo Vera and definitively archived it.
  • The Instituto de Medicina Legal report was cited as the basis for archiving, noting the complainant’s mental-health issues.
  • Minedu stated Castillo cooperated fully with the investigation and did not evade judicial proceedings.
  • The resolution is documented in fiscal file No. 557-2013, which the ministry referenced as the case record.
  • Following coverage after the Gabinete Balcázar swearing-in, the ministry urged media to verify judicial records; one outlet reported the 2013 complaint was filed by Castillo’s mother-in-law.