[1][2] The scandal was revealed by an initiative led by the investigative journalism website IDL-Reporteros, which ultimately collected over 63,000 audio recordings that reportedly unveiled one of the largest corruption networks in Peru's judicial history.
[2] The telephone hearings, in charge of the Constellation Group of the Police Anti-Drug Directorate, which was carried out to mafias linked to drug trafficking, extortion and hit men in Callao, an investigation was derived that implicated judges and lawyers called "Los Cuellos Blancos del Puerto".
[19] The Lima Bar Association decided to suspend the tuition of Guido Águila, Julio Gutiérrez, Iván Noguera, César Hinostroza and Gianfranco Paredes Sánchez.
[23] The Public Ministry reported the filing of a constitutional complaint against the supreme member César Hinostroza and the former CNM advisers Julio Gutiérrez, Guido Águila, Iván Noguera and Orlando Velásquez.
[25][26] For his part, the supreme prosecutor Víctor Raúl Rodríguez Monteza demanded the delivery of the recordings, warning IDL-Reporteros and Panorama that they could be denounced "for the crime of disobedience to the authority".
[31] In Congress, the Ethics Commission approved initiating a preliminary investigation of Congressman Becerril and inquiries into Mauricio Mulder, Salvador Heresi and Villavicencio, implicated and mentioned in the audios.
[3] In January 2023, Benavides' office began a six month long restructuring process that halted audio transcription efforts, refusing to renew the contracts of many linguistic experts involved in the case.