The documents are unambiguous. The widow chose to fight.
En el Perú, dos hijos adultos reconocidos formalmente por el excongresista Roger Amuruz —mediante firmas, huellas dactilares y documentos oficiales de dos países— se encuentran excluidos de la distribución de su herencia por la viuda y la hija congresista del fallecido. La ley escrita y la voluntad declarada de un padre chocan contra los intereses de quienes controlan el patrimonio. Es una historia tan antigua como la familia misma: el reconocimiento formal no siempre basta cuando el poder y el dinero están del lado equivocado de la mesa.
- Dos hijos extramatrimoniales poseen documentos legales irrefutables —partidas de nacimiento, declaraciones consulares y registros oficiales con firma y huella del padre— que acreditan su filiación reconocida.
- La viuda Teresa Dulanto afirmó ante una fiscal no conocer la existencia de estos hijos, contradiciendo el hecho de que ambos asistieron al velorio en octubre de 2022, donde fueron recibidos con hostilidad abierta.
- La viuda y la congresista Rosselli Amuruz han comenzado a distribuir los bienes del caudal hereditario sin incluir a Gianflavio ni a Roshel, desplazando el argumento hacia cuestionar la paternidad misma pese a la autenticidad no disputada de los documentos.
- Los herederos excluidos han iniciado acciones legales formales para reclamar su parte de una herencia cuantiosa, enfrentando a una familia con recursos políticos y económicos para prolongar el litigio.
Los documentos no dejan lugar a dudas. Partidas de nacimiento, solicitudes de pasaporte y registros oficiales de Perú y Estados Unidos llevan la misma firma y huella dactilar: la de Roger Amuruz, excongresista, reconociendo formalmente a dos hijos nacidos fuera de su matrimonio. Sin embargo, meses después de su muerte, su viuda Teresa Dulanto y su hija Rosselli —congresista en ejercicio— han comenzado a repartir el patrimonio como si esos dos adultos no existieran.
Gianflavio Amuruz Cárdenas nació en Lima el 25 de abril de 1995. Su padre no firmó la partida original, pero doce años después regresó al registro civil y lo reconoció como hijo legítimo, estampando firma y huella. Roshel Amuruz Sandoval nació en Nueva Jersey en 1999; su madre la registró ante el Ministerio del Interior peruano señalando a Amuruz como padre, y en 2013 él firmó una Declaración de Consentimiento ante el gobierno estadounidense para que ella obtuviera pasaporte. Ambos documentos son auténticos e incontestados.
Cuando Amuruz falleció en octubre de 2022, Gianflavio y Roshel asistieron al velorio. No fueron bienvenidos: la familia los recibió con hostilidad e intentó impedirles el ingreso. Pese a ello, cuando la fiscal Giselle Rodríguez Salcedo interrogó a Dulanto en febrero de este año, la viuda declaró haber conocido la existencia de estos hijos apenas por una carta que el notario le había transmitido. La contradicción con lo ocurrido en el funeral es evidente.
Ante la solidez del expediente documental, Dulanto y Rosselli han cambiado de estrategia: ya no niegan los documentos, sino que cuestionan la paternidad misma, una posición difícil de sostener frente a registros oficiales de dos países. El litigio formal está en marcha, y dos hijos que su padre eligió reconocer en vida deberán ahora convencer al sistema judicial de lo que el papel ya dice con claridad.
The paperwork is unambiguous. Birth certificates, passport applications, and official registrations all bear the same signature and fingerprint: Roger Amuruz, the former congressman, formally acknowledging two children born outside his marriage as his legitimate heirs. Yet months after his death, his widow Teresa Dulanto and their daughter Rosselli Amuruz—herself a sitting congresswoman—have begun distributing his substantial estate as though these two adult children do not exist.
Gianflavio Amuruz Cárdenas was born on April 25, 1995, at Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital in Lima. His mother, Doris Cárdenas Gadea, registered him five days later. Roger Amuruz did not sign the initial birth certificate; he was serving in Congress at the time. But twelve years later, on February 2, 2007, he returned to the registry office and formally recognized his son as legitimate. He signed the document and pressed his fingerprint into it. The record is now part of the official file.
Roshel Amuruz Sandoval's path to recognition took a different route. She was born in New Jersey on February 22, 1999, to Silvia Sandoval González. When her mother registered her with Peru's Ministry of Interior as a Peruvian born abroad in October 2000, she listed Roger Amuruz Gallegos as the father. Thirteen years later, in June 2013, Amuruz signed a Consent Declaration required by the U.S. government for his daughter to obtain a passport. His signature and fingerprint appear on that document as well. The State of New Jersey issued her birth certificate in December 2022, naming him as her father.
When Roger Amuruz died in October 2022, both Gianflavio and Roshel attended his funeral on October 20. They were not welcomed. Teresa Dulanto and her children from her marriage to Amuruz treated them with open hostility, attempting to prevent them from entering the viewing. Yet when questioned by prosecutor Giselle Rodríguez Salcedo on February 11 of this year, Dulanto claimed she had only just learned of their existence. She said the notary handling the estate distribution had informed her that two young people had written letters requesting to be included in the inheritance. This account contradicts the documented reality of the funeral itself.
Dulanto and her daughter Rosselli Amuruz have already begun moving assets from the estate. Rather than acknowledge the legal documents, they have shifted their position to questioning whether Gianflavio and Roshel are actually Amuruz's children at all—a claim the signatures, fingerprints, and official registrations from two countries render difficult to sustain. The documents are not ambiguous. They are not disputed in their authenticity. They are simply being ignored by those who stand to lose a portion of what they believe belongs entirely to them.
The dispute now moves into the formal legal system, with two adult children asserting their right to inherit from a father who, whatever the circumstances of their birth, took the deliberate step of recognizing them as his own. The widow and the congresswoman have chosen to fight rather than accept what the paper trail makes clear.
Citas Notables
The widow claimed she only learned of the children's existence when the notary informed her they had written letters requesting inclusion in the inheritance— Teresa Dulanto, widow of Roger Amuruz, to prosecutor Giselle Rodríguez Salcedo
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Why would a former congressman sign documents recognizing these children if he didn't intend them to be his heirs?
That's the question the widow can't answer. He didn't have to sign anything. But he did—twice, in different contexts, years apart. That's not accident. That's intent.
And the widow claims she didn't know they existed until the notary told her?
She was at the funeral. They were there. She saw them being turned away. So either she's lying now, or she was so determined to exclude them that she's rewriting what happened.
What happens next legally?
The documents are in the official record. Peruvian law recognizes paternity once it's formally acknowledged. The widow can dispute it, but she's arguing against her own husband's signature and fingerprint. It's not a strong position.
Does the congresswoman's position complicate things?
It adds political dimension, yes. But it doesn't change the law. If anything, it makes the exclusion look more calculated—like they're using her position to move assets before anyone can challenge them.
What do the two children want?
Their inheritance. What any child wants when a parent dies and leaves them something. They're not asking for sympathy. They're asking for what's legally theirs.