Juntos por el Perú lawmaker Julián Pérez Mallqui was arrested by National Police officers in Lima on July 30, 2026, following accusations of physical abuse against a woman. The high-profile arrest in the San Miguel district has triggered urgent prosecutor investigations and mobilized vulnerable-population support teams.
The arrest of congressman Julián Pérez Mallqui in the San Miguel district of Lima has put the legislator at the center of a fast-moving domestic violence investigation. Police officers intervened on the morning of July 30, 2026, after emergency calls alerted authorities to an incident at a residence on Manco Segundo street.
According to police accounts gathered by reporting outlets, the lawmaker arrived at the victim’s residence and attempted to enter after an initial force struggle with the woman’s father. The alleged victim placed emergency calls to both the National Police and district security officers, leading directly to the legislator’s detention in flagrante delicto.
Prosecutor Action and Family Supreme Office Involvement
State prosecutors moved swiftly following the intervention. The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Violence against Women and Family Members initiated urgent preliminary investigative steps right inside the San Miguel police station. The actions were designed to gather immediate evidentiary elements, secure legal protection for the complainant, and map out subsequent legal measures.
Peruvian Attorney General Tomás Gálvez explained the institutional handoff of the case in statements given to the press. A provincial prosecutor handled the initial urgent investigative diligence before escalating the file to higher levels.
Attorney General Tomás Gálvez explained that a provincial prosecutor had obviously participated in carrying out whatever urgent investigative steps were necessary at that moment, after which the Supreme Family Prosecutor’s Office, headed by Dr. (Luis) Arce, would effectively take cognizance of the case, as reported via El Comercio Perú.
Following preliminary processing at the precinct, the lawmaker was transferred to the Legal Medicine office for mandatory forensic and medical-legal examinations.
Constitutional Standing and Jurisdictional Rules Under the 2021 Reform
The detention of an active member of Congress immediately raises questions about parliamentary immunity. Legal analysts point out that since the constitutional reforms enacted in 2021, lawmakers enjoy no special procedural shields against arrest or prosecution for common crimes.
Constitutional and criminal defense lawyer Roberto Pereira clarified the legal framework governing the arrest in an interview with Canal N. The situation meets every threshold required for an independent penal inquiry without legislative permission.
Penal and Constitutional Lawyer Roberto Pereira stated that the lawmaker would have been detained in a situation of flagrante delicto, noting that this factor by itself already contained all the necessary elements to proceed with an investigation, via Infobae.
Pereira added that because the accusation involves a common crime, the lawmaker holds no constitutional protection requiring prior congressional approval for proceedings to advance. Prosecution and judicial trial fall squarely under the authority of the Supreme Prosecutor and the Supreme Court rather than standard lower courts.
Judicial History and Prior Convictions in Cusco and Ayacucho
The current accusation compounds an already documented legal history. According to electoral candidate registry data maintained by the National Jury of Elections, the legislator elected to represent the Cusco region carries multiple prior judicial cases spanning Ayacucho, Urubamba, and Kimbiri.
Public records show that on February 9, 2024, the lawmaker was involved in a vehicular accident in Pichari district within La Convención province in Cusco. Authorities determined he drove while intoxicated, striking a seven-year-old girl and her mother. The judiciary subsequently convicted him of reckless injury, sentencing him to more than four years of suspended imprisonment alongside a civil reparation payment of S/80 mil.
Legal experts observe that this track record of repeated offenses and mandate non-compliance directly informs judicial evaluations regarding procedural flight risk and preventative detention requests.
Institutional Condemnation and Victim Support Operations
Government ministries and political allies mobilized rapidly in response to the police intervention. The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations dispatched a multidisciplinar y professional team from the Warmi Ñan National Program directly to the San Miguel station to offer psychological and legal assistance to the complainant.
Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), via RPP
The ministry exhorted judicial operators to maintain absolute diligence, guarantee thorough investigations, and impose sanctions according to the law.
Meanwhile, congressional representatives from the Juntos por el Perú bloc acknowledged the detention while legal proceedings continued. Party colleague Ernesto Zunini confirmed that representatives were dispatched to the precinct to monitor developments, even as the accused legislator insisted to reporters that his presence at the station was limited to giving declarations rather than formal detention.
