Vasquez Castillo had been wanted since March 2022 as he went into hiding due to the aforementioned ruling, and the Interior Ministry offered a reward of 30,000 soles (USD$ 8,380) to whoever gave information leading to his capture.

Vasquez, accused of collusion and influence peddling, was transferred from Puno in a police plane and after his arrival he was immediately taken under heavy custody to police facilities for his subsequent delivery to a judge.

Police sources affirmed that the fugitive had negotiated his surrender as a collaborator of the Prosecutor’s Office -which implies confessing to a crime and presenting evidence against higher level culprits- and the General Commander of the Police General Victor Zanabria said the outcome was the result of an 11-month intelligence work.

However, the detainee’s lawyer Ivan Ramirez, assured that surrendering was a decision of Vasquez with which he does not agree, considering the justice system acts according to political criteria.

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