Relatives of politicians, fugitives and prisoners also want to taste power in 2026

Do family ties ensure you votes? Five candidates for the Chamber of Deputies and eight for the Senate, spread across nine parties that will compete in the next elections, are relatives of politicians, imprisoned former presidents and fugitives from justice.

Among the eight candidates for the Upper House, three also make up presidential candidates: two are seeking the presidency and one is seeking the second vice presidency.

Of the group of five that go to the Lower House, only one competes in parallel for the second vice presidency and only one candidate is running for the presidency for the fourth time.

ANTAURUS: FATHER FOR SON

Last Wednesday, deadline for registration in the National Election Jury (JNE), Together for Peru (JP) excluded the candidacy for the Senate, as a guest, of Antauro Humalabecause he owed more than S/1 million to the relatives of the four police officers murdered in the violent Andahuaylazo riot.

Perú21 uncovered the nominations of Pedro Castillo’s older brother and Antauro Humala’s father.

However, the place was not vacant and was filled by his father, Isaac Humala, 94 years old and creator of ethnocacerismo.

List of invited candidates from Together for Peru, which includes Pedro Castillo’s brothers and nephews, as well as Antauro Humala’s father.

Run for the Senate as candidate designated with number 9 and he is also the father of former President Ollanta Humala, currently imprisoned in the Barbadillo prison.

CASTILLIST BLOOD

J.P. also registered, as guests, candidacies linked family to Pedro Castillo.

He chotano professordespite being imprisoned in Barbadillo due to an 11-year sentence for conspiracy to rebel after the coup d’état in December 2022, pulls the strings in JP.

This medium revealed the candidacies of Pedro Castillo’s family to Congress.

Irma Castillohis sister, is running with number 4 for Lima to the Chamber of Deputies.

José Carmen Castillo, his older brother and father Gian Marco Castilloappears with number 1 in the national Senate.

Gian Marco Castillo is investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office for the Sarratea case and is a coordinator in the office of Roberto Sanchezcongressman and presidential candidate J.P..

List of some of the relatives of politicians, prisoners and fugitives who are running for the bicameral Congress and Palace.

Yenifer Paredessister of his wife Lilia Paredes – sheltered in the Mexican embassy –, raised by the couple as a daughter since she was a child, goes with number 2 for Cajamarca to the Chamber of Deputies.

Cledin Vasquez Castilloson of another sister of the founder of Fenatep, Adelinda Castillo, is running with number 2 for Callao, also for the Lower House.

IN PL AND WE CAN

In January of this year, the mother of the Cerrón brothers He received Chavista indoctrination in Caracas, Venezuela, after Nicolás Maduro took office.

Perú21 revealed the Chavista indoctrination in Venezuela to the parents of the Cerrón brothers.

Bertha Rojas, mother of Vladimir Cerrón —presidential candidate from hiding for being a fugitive from justice for more than two years— and Waldemar Cerrón, vice president of Congress, running for the Senate with number 2 and the second vice presidency with PL.

In Podemos Peru, José Luna’s party, Juanita Pastor registered for the Senate for Lima with number 2. She is the wife of Ollanta Humala’s former minister, Daniel Urresti, sentenced to 12 years for the murder of journalist Hugo Bustíos.

Juanita Pastor uses her husband Daniel Urresti’s Facebook account to campaign.

At the last minute, Herminia Chino was included as a guest to run for the national Senate with number 6. She is the mother of former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, sheltered in the Mexican Embassy in Lima and sentenced to 11 years and 5 months for conspiracy for the attempted coup d’état.

The candidate for the second vice presidency of Podemos, Raúl Noblecilla, announced the candidacy for the Senate of Betssy Chávez’s mother, Hermina Chino.

IN PP, APRA, FP AND OTHERS

In Perú Primero (PP), Mario Vizcarra is a candidate for the presidency and the national Senate with number 1. According to his sworn statement, he had a final suspended sentence for embezzlement in 2005.

Mario Vizcarra uses the image of his brother Martín Vizcarra in his campaign.

He is the older brother of former president Martín Vizcarra, disqualified for 10 years and currently imprisoned in Barbadillo after a 14-year sentence for receiving S/2.3 million in bribes from Obrainsa and ICCGSA.

In APRA, Carla García, former television host and daughter of the late former president Alan García, enters politics.

Carla García is running for the national Senate with number 1 with Apra.

Her candidacy for the Senate with number 1 inevitably evokes the trajectory followed years ago by Keiko Fujimori: the daughter of the late former president Alberto Fujimori is running for president, for the fourth time, and was already a congressman.

Keiko Fujimori is running for president for the fourth time.

In Avanza País, legislator Adriana Tudela, daughter of Fujimori’s former vice president, Francisco Tudela, is running for the second vice presidency and goes with number 1 for Lima to the Lower House.

Adriana Tudela is a candidate for the second vice presidency and the Chamber of Deputies.

In We are Peru, Ana Li, sister of the president of the party, Patricia Li, is a candidate for deputy for Lima with number 2.

Last July, Perú21 uncovered a brief profile of Ana Li.

Closing this circle, in A Different Path, is Rosario Fernández, who is a candidate for the presidency and the Senate with the number 1 for La Libertad.

Rosario Fernández did not sign the ethical pact in the JNE.

She is the sister of Arturo Fernández, controversial former mayor of Trujillo, a fugitive after being sentenced for defamation to one year and granted asylum in Argentina.

On April 12, the day of the polls, it will be known whether the family legacy continues to function as a springboard in the country.

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