Peru: Vizcarra will not appeal Ancon Prison order

Photo: ANDINA/Daniel Bracamonte

Photo: ANDINA/Daniel Bracamonte

00:30 | Lima, Aug. 25.

Former President Martin Vizcarra stated that he will face the recent five-month preventive detention order "from wherever he is sent," describing the measure as "unjust and arbitrary."

"I will resist from wherever they send me, but they will not bend me, they will not bend me," he said in a message shared on his social media channel on Saturday.


The former Head of State also reported that he requested his legal defense team to refrain from filing the actions prepared to overturn said decision.

However, Vizcarra stated that he will remain active in political life, stressing that he will uphold his commitment to "the recovery of democracy and the unity of Peruvians."

Previously, the former president was serving preventive detention at Barbadillo Prison, inside the Peruvian National Police's Special Operations Directorate (Diroes) headquarters in Lima's Ate district.

The Public Ministry (Prosecutor's Office) accuses him of having received S/2.3 million (US$611,000) in alleged bribes and has requested a 15-year prison sentence against him.

The former top official was under simple appearance, a measure that Seventh Court Chairman, Judge Jorge Chavez Tamariz, deemed insufficient to ensure his trial. Therefore, the magistrate decided to replace it with preventive detention for a five-month period.

As is known, Vizcarra was President of the Republic from March 23, 2018, to November 9, 2020, the day on which he was impeached and removed from office by Congress.

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Published: 8/23/2025