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Benavides in the evening and called a group of thirteen people, including those with arrest warrants, to meet at her office overnight, with IDL-Reporteros reporting that evidence may have may hidden or destroyed due to the advanced knowledge. The group also drafted documents to remove Marita
Barreto from her position at the Special Team of Prosecutors against Corruption in Power (EFICOP), the entity that was investigating Benavides.
115:' sister, judge Emma Benavides Vargas, was investigated for alleged connections to a criminal organization and reportedly releasing a pair of drug traffickers in exchange for money. Benavides fired Bersabeth Revilla, the prosecutor tasked with investigating her sister in July 2022. On 3 August 2022, Benavides denied using her position to protect her sister.
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Benavides, established in her preliminary report that Benavides had removed Revilla from her position in order to protect her sister Emma from charges and that she also made unexplained changes to the investigatory team of
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On 29 August 2023, the
Constitutional Court would order the suspension of investigations against Benavides by the JNJ. Following this, Congress would attempt to remove Tello from her position on the JNJ in early September 2023, approving an expedited investigation against the JNJ. The move by
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and as the prosecutor of the Nation mentioned in her speech there are very strong and dark interests in her leaving her position and the caviares (leftists) return to control the Public
Ministry, ... If the National Board of Justice suspends her, for seniority Zoraida Ávalos would be the new
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writing that
Benavides made the complaint "at the most vulnerable moment of her administration." President Boluarte described the accusations as "despicable" and said that the attorney general was attempting to distract the public from her own investigations. Ruth Luque Ibarra of
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Benavides' actions, reporting that she led a group whose objectives were to remove the JNJ, disqualify Zoraida Ávalos and to appoint Josué Gutiérrez as Ombudsman of Peru. According to Villanueva, Benavides had a direct relationship with Popular Force leader
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Prosecutor Rafael Vela said that
Benavides would not resign from her position on 28 November, stating that Benavides held support from members of congress. A day later on 29 November, President Boluarte called for Benavides to resign from her position.
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673:"Fiscal de la Nación, Liz Benavides Vargas, niega usar su cargo para beneficiar a su hermana en una investigación RMMN | POLITICA"
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1107:"Marcha por la democracia: así fue la movilización contra el Congreso"
592:"Keiko Fujimori: delatada por el colaborador eficaz Jaime Villanueva"
1162:""Creo que Benavides no renunciará", dice el fiscal Vela | Video"
827:"'La Pestilencia' ataca a IDL-R en defensa de Patricia Benavides"
714:"'La Pestilencia' ataca a IDL-R en defensa de Patricia Benavides"
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140:Peruvian Football Federation
377:Paucar, Luis (2023-11-28).
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20:Attorney General of Peru,
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1232:Political controversies
416:"Organización criminal"
353:Cuellos Blancos scandal
132:Cuellos Blancos scandal
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687:"La maestría informal"
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