Prosecutor Mónica Silva Escudero found evidence of alleged illegal acts and decided to initiate an investigation. investigation into the awarding and contracting process of a batch of Czech-made CZ 9-millimeter pistolswhich was executed by the Callao Police Region in favor of the Peruvian company Armory Supply.
The contract for S/3.8 million was signed on August 1, 2025, but after evaluating a series of complaints about irregularities in the bidding competition to supposedly guide the purchase for the benefit of Armory Supply, prosecutor Mónica Silva, of the Second Corporate Criminal Prosecutor’s Office Specialized in Crimes of Corruption of Officials, decided to undertake the corresponding investigations for the potential crimes of collusion, bribery, incompatible negotiation, influence peddling and fraud. property to the detriment of the State.
According to the tax provision of December 10, 2025 that describes the facts, the CZ model P-09 pistol offered by Armory Supply does not comply with the technical specifications indicated in the bases of the award process.
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The Department of Weapons and Ammunition of the Logistics Division of the National Police (DIRLOG) established as a technical specification that the pistol must have an external manual safety and a decocker or “decocker”. Or vice versa. However, the CZ model P-09 pistol selected by the Callao Police Region is equipped with an external manual safety device and does not have the “decocker”, although said device can be incorporated.
The prosecution has verified that the Contest rules specifically indicate that the pistol must have both mechanismsto reduce as much as possible the possibility of an accidental shot that affects cash or third parties during their activities.
“Failure to comply with this important characteristic, which reduces the possibility of involuntary discharges occurring by mistake that put the lives of police personnel at risk, and of citizens around them, constitutes a crime of exposure to danger,” said the sources related to the case.
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A key piece
“The ‘decocker’ allows you to avoid accidental shots when lowering the hammer of the pistol. Not having required the decocker from the bidder would imply that “The selection process was manipulated so that the company that offered said model without a ‘decocker’ won the contract.”sources indicated.
consulted by The Republic The general manager of Armory Supply, Ricardo Sáenz Rojas, stated that he was unaware of the existence of a tax investigation against him for the sale of CZ P-09 pistols.
“At this moment I am not in Peru on a business trip. The truth is that I am not aware of any complaints in this regard,” explained the CZ representative in Peru.
The committee that awarded the contract was made up of civil official Vladimir Asencios Borda, PNP Colonel Tomás Pineda Díaz and PNP non-commissioned officer Juan Ponte Villanueva, who are part of the tax investigation. So is the head of the PNP Logistics Division, Colonel Walter Ramos Gómez, who was in charge of signing the contract for the provision of pistols.
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They restart acquisition of the Mininter
- On December 4, 2025, the Ministry of the Interior canceled the procurement process for 31,045 9×19 mm pistols. for US$22 million. The contest was carried out by the General Office of Administration and Finance (OGAF) of the Mininter.
- The measure was adopted due to a series of complaints made by companies participating in the process, which openly indicated that the OGAF had modified the technical bases to direct the purchase towards the offer from the American company SIG Sauer.
- Recently, the OGAF has reactivated the process of acquiring 31,045 pistols, which despite its urgency has been postponed on several occasions.
