Overview
- Regional media published a video Tuesday that appears to show Mayor Sergio Bolliger taking a bundle of cash in his Yanahuara office from advertising businessman Roberto Aguirre, with reports citing about S/5,000 and a recording date in December 2025.
- The anticorruption prosecutor in Arequipa opened a preliminary case and entered the district municipality to collect statements and records related to billboard permits.
- Renovación Popular suspended Bolliger’s party affiliation and launched a disciplinary process that could end in his expulsion.
- Bolliger denied taking a bribe, called the footage out of context, asked to pause his membership, and said he would cooperate with the Comptroller’s Office and the Public Ministry.
- Aguirre said the money repaid a personal debt, and audio in the clip includes talk of payments and political coordination, with mentions of other local figures such as Arequipa’s mayor Víctor Hugo Rivera.