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Weekly Report - 24 April 2025 (WR-25-16)

PERU: Former attorney general faces growing legal threat

Peruvian prosecutors have taken the first step towards bringing corruption charges against former attorney general Patricia Benavides (2022-2023). Before her suspension by the judicial council (JNJ) in December 2023, Benavides fired a number of anti-corruption prosecutors as part of an apparent attempt to shut down an investigation into her, which she claimed was ordered by President Dina Boluarte’s government.

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