Cancer claims life of Peru’s attorney general

Peru’s attorney general, Adelaida Bolívar, passed away in her home today after a two-year fight with uterine cancer, Luis Bromley, head of the Institute for Legal Medicine, told reporters. Supreme Prosecutor Gladys Echaiz will temporarily assume the attorney general position, which she has held since December when Bolívar requested medical leave. Echaiz will assume the [...]

El Comercio: Judicial commmission rules against probe of attorney general

The National Magistrates Council, CNM, has decided to not open investigations against Attorney General Adelaida Bolívar over her handling of two drug trafficking investigations. The CNM’s disciplinary commission, led by Francisco Delgado, summoned Bolívar and three other prosecutors in early February to answer questions about alleged irregularities. According to daily El Comercio, the commission found [...]