Peru

Alejandro Toledo: Updates on the Case in 2026, the Third Request to Washington, Section 4 Without a Trial, and Upcoming Dates

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Alejandro Toledo is the only key figure in this series who is currently serving a definitive prison sentence. That is why the focus is not on whether he will be convicted, but on what charges remain to be tried and when. However, in 2026, three developments took place. In January, Judge Richard Concepción Carhuancho authorized … Read more about Alejandro Toledo: Updates on the Case in 2026, the Third Request to Washington, Section 4 Without a Trial, and Upcoming Dates

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: The Never-Ending Westfield Trial, the IIRSA Norte Investigation That Has Yet to Lead to Charges, and the Case That Was Dismissed in 2026

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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is 87 years old and faces two ongoing legal proceedings with no end in sight. The first is the trial regarding Westfield Capital, the company through which he billed Odebrecht while he was a minister. It began more than seven years after his preliminary detention in April 2019 and remains unresolved. The … Read more about Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: The Never-Ending Westfield Trial, the IIRSA Norte Investigation That Has Yet to Lead to Charges, and the Case That Was Dismissed in 2026

Susana Villarán: The Case That Remains Unresolved Seven Years After the Confession—What’s Needed for a Verdict, and What Could Overturn It Before Then

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On May 11, 2019, Susana Villarán confessed that she had accepted US$10 million from Odebrecht and OAS for her campaigns. Seven years later, no verdict has been handed down. Her trial began on September 23, 2025, and is still ongoing. The second case, involving the Rutas de Lima tolls, doesn’t even have an indictment yet. … Read more about Susana Villarán: The Case That Remains Unresolved Seven Years After the Confession—What’s Needed for a Verdict, and What Could Overturn It Before Then

Ollanta Humala: The 220 witnesses who testified against him, the 57 donors who denied having paid, and why his word was not enough to uphold the sentence

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Ollanta Humala was convicted in April 2025 based on evidence consisting almost entirely of witness testimony. The Third National Criminal Court heard 220 witnesses during a three-year trial. In addition, fifty-seven of them testified that they never made the donations that the Nationalist Party recorded in their names. Fifteen months later, the Constitutional Court overturned … Read more about Ollanta Humala: The 220 witnesses who testified against him, the 57 donors who denied having paid, and why his word was not enough to uphold the sentence

Keiko Fujimori: An Early Warning from a President with 18 Investigations on Hold—Which Will Be Reopened in 2031 and Which May Be Subject to the Statute of Limitations Before Then

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Keiko Fujimori has been president of Peru since July 28, 2026. At the same time, she is the person with the most criminal investigations in this series: 69 in total, 51 of which have been closed and 18 are ongoing. None of these cases can proceed against her while she is in office. Article 117 … Read more about Keiko Fujimori: An Early Warning from a President with 18 Investigations on Hold—Which Will Be Reopened in 2031 and Which May Be Subject to the Statute of Limitations Before Then