Patricia Benavides
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Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas[1] (born February 9, 1969) is a Peruvian lawyer. On June 20, 2022, she was elected as the Peruvian attorney general.[2]
Early life
Benavides was born on February 9, 1969 in Huancavelica.
Benavides studied law at the Universidad de Lima and also at the Universidad Alas Peruanas, the latter of from which she obtained a doctorate in Human Rights and a master's degree, also in the Human Rights category.[3] Benavides also traveled to Chile, where she lived for a while after enrolling at the Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile in Santiago, graduating from there with a post-degree in business legal advice.[1] She also traveled to, and lived for a short period in, Spain, where she studied at Universidad de Jaen and obtained a master's degree in criminal law and constitutional guarantees.[4]
Career
Prior to becoming Peru's attorney general, Benavides had worked closely with the five Peruvian attorney generals before her, and she pushed for some notable cases (such as the "La Centralita", "Red Orellana" and "Los Cuellos Blancos del Puerto" cases) to be seen and those involved in them prosecuted.[5] Many of those cases garnered national and international attention.
Peru's previous attorney general, Zoraida Ávalos, ended her three years term in that position in March 2022; she was substituted by Pablo Sánchez Velarde, who accepted the position on an interim basis.[6] On June 20, 2022, Benavides was voted as the new attorney general, and on July 2, she was sworn in as the country's attorney general.[7] She is scheduled to hold the position until 2025.
She has declared that investigating Peruvian president Pedro Castillo will be one of her top priorities during her term as attorney general.[7]
Family problems
Benavides' sister, judge Emma Benavides Vargas, has been investigated for alleged connections to a criminal organization.[8] Benavides fired the prosecutor, Bersabeth Revilla, who was investigating her sister, from her (Revilla's) job.[9]
On August 3, 2022, Benavides denied using her position to help her sister out.[10]
References
- ^ a b Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas - Fiscal de la Nación - Presidenta de la Junta de Fiscales Supremos - Funcionarios - Ministerio Público Fiscalía de la Nación - Gobierno del Perú
- ^ "¿Quién es la nueva Fiscal de la Nación, Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas? [PERFIL]". 20 June 2022.
- ^ "¿Quién es la nueva Fiscal de la Nación, Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas? [PERFIL]". 20 June 2022.
- ^ Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas | Biografía, estudios, perfil, quién es y cuál es la trayectoria de la nueva fiscal de la Nación que reemplazará a Pablo Sánchez | edad, hoja de ...
- ^ Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas: ¿Quién es la nueva fiscal de la Nación, sucesora de Pablo Sánchez? Pedro Castillo
- ^ Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas: ¿Quién es la nueva fiscal de la Nación, sucesora de Pablo Sánchez? Pedro Castillo | POLITICA | EL COMERCIO PERÚ
- ^ a b Patricia Benavides juró como nueva fiscal de la Nación
- ^ "Hermana de Fiscal de la Nación es investigada por presuntos cobros de sobornos a reos por narcotráfico".
- ^ "Patricia Benavides retiró a fiscal que investigaba a su hermana acusada de cobrar sobornos para liberar a reos imputados por narcotráfico". 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Fiscal de la Nación, Liz Benavides Vargas, niega usar su cargo para beneficiar a su hermana en una investigación RMMN | POLITICA". 3 August 2022.