The National Justice Board (JNJ) It is located in the center of a new scandal after the disappearance of more than 1,200 digital files, among which were cases involved in Keiko Fujimorithe supreme prosecutor Patricia Benavides and magistrates linked to the network of White necks. As the weekly revealed Hildebrandt In their thirteen, the documents were deleted premeditated and from within the institution itself.
The fact was known after a worker of the Directorate of Disciplinary Processes alerted, on August 2, that a good part of the virtual documentation had disappeared from the JNJ document management system. Although initially there was talk of a technical failure, it was soon discovered that the temporary folder in which the files were stored had been manipulated by an account with total access.
According to the weekly research, the hypothesis of an external attack lost strength quickly. The inquiries of the High Technology Crimes Investigation Division (Divindat) of the National Police concluded that the deletion was executed from the inside, with the credentials necessary to move or eliminate files without leaving a mark.
The disappearance of the files affects high profile complaints: the head of the RENIEC, Carmen Velarde, in the case of false firms; the prosecutor of the nation, Delia Espinoza; prosecutor José Domingo Pérez; and Patricia Benavides herself, recently reinstated to the Prosecutor’s Office. The magnitude of the loss reinforces the suspicion that it was a deliberate action to protect figures with a judiciary and political.
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Key files and cover -up suspicions
Among the missing archives are disciplinary procedures initiated since January 2025, many of them with high public interest and historical relevance. The complaint against Carmen Velarde, head of the RENIEC, stands out for the false signatures presented by political parties before the National Jury of Elections. Cases related to the prosecutor of the Nation, Delia Espinoza, and prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, one of the protagonists at the trial against Keiko Fujimori, are also included.
The list also includes files linked to Patricia Benavides and judges related to the Network of the Port White necks, considered the largest plot of judicial corruption in Peru. Although the disciplinary power of the JNJ on these officials prescribed in 2023, the documents remained relevant pieces as evidence in other instances.
The selection of the missing reinforces the hypothesis of an intentional erase. According to police sources cited by the weekly, the employer shows that files were eliminated that could have consequences for characters with political and judicial ties, leaving an act that goes beyond a simple administrative carelessness.
A Jnj questioned in the midst of the political crisis
The finding occurs at a time when the JNJ is going through a crisis of legitimacy. Its president, Gino Ríos Patio, sentenced for family violence, is indicated for acting as a political operator rather than as a guarantor of the suitability of judges and prosecutors. So far this year, the agency’s resolutions have benefited questioned magistrates, instead of strengthening discipline in the judicial system.
Patricia Benavides’ case is emblematic. Despite the investigations he faces for alleged criminal organization and obstruction of justice, the JNJ ordered its reinstatement to the Prosecutor’s Office. Before the delay of the prosecutor Delia Espinoza in executing the measure, the Board even opened a preliminary process against him. Finally, Benavides recovered a key office, with high -level processes under his control.
This panorama is aggravated by the recent approval of an amnesty law signed by Dina Boluarte, which benefits military and police processed by human rights violations. For various sectors, the concatenation of facts – missing perses, express reinstatement and complaints – evidences a pattern of impunity in which justice is no longer absent, but changes side.
