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Peruvian anticorruption police raid election officials' homes over slow vote count

Saturday, 25 April 2026, 07:17 · 1 min read

Peruvian anticorruption police have raided the home of Piero Corvetto, the recently resigned head of the country's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), along with the residences of five other election officials, as part of a judicial investigation into the slow tallying of votes from Peru's April 12 presidential election. Officers seized mobile phones, laptops, and documents, though a judge denied prosecutors' request to place Corvetto in preliminary detention; Corvetto has denied any wrongdoing, saying his resignation was intended to restore public confidence. With 95 percent of ballots counted and final results not expected until May 15, the delay has fuelled fraud allegations from some candidates — though an EU election monitoring mission found no evidence of irregularities.

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Al Jazeera EnglishPolice raid Peru’s election authorities after outcry over slow vote count ↗︎
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