In Peru, Police Come To President's House Because Of Expensive Rolex Watch

The operation was broadcast on local television.

Peruvian police raided the home of President Dina Boluarte, looking for allegedly undeclared expensive watches. The law enforcement raid is connected to an investigation into a corruption case dubbed Rolexgate.

Sky News reports this.

Government agents carried out the operation at Boluarte's residence in the Peruvian capital of Lima.

Footage of the police raid was also made public, and the operation itself was broadcast on local television.

Rolexgate case

The case of Boluarte having an undeclared collection of luxury watches has been going on for several years, since she came to power as Prime Minister in July 2021.

Such an investigation began following media attention to the accessories that the politician wore at public events, starting from the moment she became president in December 2022.

Earlier this month, the government announced its intention to review Boluarte's asset declarations over the past two years. The president herself assured last week that she came to the government “with clean hands” and that she would “leave it with clean hands.”

Boluarte stated that she bought the Rolex with income from work she had been collecting since she was 18 years old.

Previously, prosecutors had refused the president's request for more time to respond to a subpoena demanding evidence of the purchase of her watch.

Reaction to police raid

The Peruvian government called the searches on Saturday at the presidential residence “unconstitutional,” the BBC reports.

The country's Prime Minister Gustavo Adriansen wrote on Twitter (X) that such “political noise... is serious and affects investments and the entire country”.