The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) announced this Friday that it has fired its general director, Juan Carlos Oblitasamid a crisis over the team’s results, last in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and a month after the arrest of its president, Agustín Lozano, for an alleged corruption case.
“It has been decided to remove Juan Carlos Oblitas as general director of football of the FPF. The Federation thanks Juan Carlos for the commitment shown in the management that he has developed professionally and that has led to sporting achievements recognized by the country and our institution, ” read a statement from the federation. In this regard, he announced that, “in the next few days” the FPF will appoint Oblitas’ replacement.
The FPF also announced that, in accordance with the decision made today by its board of directors, it will review the Peruvian league’s calendar and format to “guarantee its best functioning.” Finally, he reported that he had assigned “to the General Secretariat the formation of an advisory committee” that would have the objective of “providing support and companionship in institutional restructuring and renewal.”
A historic result of the crisis
The Peruvian team has 7 points in 12 games, the result of one victory, four draws and seven defeats, a streak made worse by having only three goals. At the same time, Lozano was preliminarily detained on November 7 as part of an investigation linking him to a network dedicated to the irregular use of institutional resources in illicit activities, called ‘Los Galacticos’.
Initially, the Prosecutor’s Office requested 36 months of preventive detention for him for allegedly committing corruption crimes. Subsequently, the Public Ministry withdrew the charges of being part of a criminal network, in compliance with a new law that forced the change of accusation against the leader, who will now be in charge of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Money Laundering.
Provincial prosecutor against organized crime Juan Orihuela reported that the legislative reform limited the ability of the Public Ministry to investigate various crimes within the framework of the Organized Crime Law. He pointed out that, at first, an alleged illicit network related to the administration of the FPF was considered, but the law enacted in October prevents it from including fraud in the administration of legal entities and private corruption, which receives a maximum sentence of up to 5 years in prison.
Source: La Verdad
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