Overview
- The Ministerio Público in Loreto opened a preliminary investigation into UPE director Flor de María Carrasco Barco over alleged inappropriate touching reported by a 15-year-old under her care.
- Provincial prosecutor Ingrid Carola Chumbe Rodríguez is leading the case with plans for the girl's testimony via Cámara Gesell, witness interviews, and review of a USB submitted by the family.
- The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations removed the director immediately and began evaluating the entire UPE Loreto team, according to Viceminister Carlos Jesús Vilela Del Carpio.
- The adolescent has been placed in a residential center with multidisciplinary evaluations and restricted family access as separate proceedings over alleged family violence continue.
- The victim and a witness were incorporated into the Prosecutor's Victims and Witnesses Program, with authorities stressing due process and institutional transparency during the parallel criminal and administrative reviews.