Liz Patricia Benavides Vargas was born on February 9,1969 and is a Peruvian lawyer.
16 Facts About Patricia Benavides
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Patricia Benavides moved 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.
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Patricia Benavides 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.
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In 2009, Patricia Benavides used her recently-obtained degrees to pursue a career in the National Council of the Magistracy as a deputy prosecutor, though she was placed on reserve as her scores were not high enough for the position.
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Attorney General Gladys Echaiz would add two additional positions in 2011, allowing Patricia Benavides to become a deputy prosecutor.
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On 20 June 2022, Patricia Benavides was voted as the new attorney general, and on 2 July, she was sworn in as the country's attorney general.
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Patricia Benavides was scheduled to hold the position until 2025.
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Patricia Benavides has declared that investigating Peruvian president Pedro Castillo was one of her top priorities during her term as attorney general.
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Patricia Benavides would remove human rights prosecutors from cases surrounding injured protesters and move investigations from rural areas to Lima, angering the family of victims who said Benavides sought to hinder their monitoring of the investigations.
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Patricia Benavides has faced multiple investigations surrounding her conduct as the Attorney General of Peru and about her background.
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Patricia Benavides was investigated for relationship with far-right politician Rafael Lopez Aliaga, reportedly receiving gifts from him, and possible inconsistencies with her theses from her academic career.
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Patricia Benavides fired Bersabeth Revilla, the prosecutor tasked with investigating her sister.
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On 3 August 2022, Patricia Benavides denied using her position to protect her sister.
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In mid-August 2023, Patricia Benavides filed a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court of Peru to demand an end to investigations.
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On 27 November 2023, special prosecutors in an investigation known as Operation Valkyrie V accused Patricia Benavides of leading a criminal network in an effort to maintain control of the Public Ministry and influence congress.
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Patricia Benavides described the investigation as a planned attack against her.