Zoraida Ávalos

Zoraida Ávalos Rivera (born 14 June 1957) is a Peruvian jurist who served as the country's attorney general [es] from 8 January 2019 to 30 March 2022.

[3] He had come under scrutiny for reported mismanagement as head of the Organ of Internal Control of the Attorney General's Office, as well as obstruction of justice.

[8] On 22 August 2018, she was appointed by Chávarry as the new head of the Supreme Attorney's Office of Internal Control, replacing Jorge Antonio Bernal Cavero.

[9] On 6 January 2019, one day after Chávarry presented his letter of resignation due to media pressure, Sánchez reiterated his support for Ávalos assuming the office of attorney general.

[13] She was removed from being a Supreme Prosecutor of the Nation and barred from her position for five years on 21 June 2023 after the Congress of Peru reportedly attempted to gain control of key governmental institutions through Attorney General Patricia Benavides during the Peruvian political crisis.