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Peru Opens Probe Into Deadly Protest Policing as Argentina Presses Homicide Case and San Lorenzo Faces Bankruptcy Threat

Forensic orders plus preventive detention signal a broader push for accountability across security forces and the courts.

Luis Caputo
Azul Semeñenko (49), la mujer desaparecida en Neuquén.
El ínsolito grito de Pablo Laurta mientras era trasladado: \"Liberé a mi hijo de una red de trata\".
El hombre quiso formar parte de la manifestación contra las redadas de ICE en Estados Unidos. (Crédito: Imagen generada por IA/Gemini/Univision Chicago/YouTube)

Overview

  • Peru’s Public Ministry launched an investigation into alleged police responsibility for serious injuries and abuse of authority during the Oct. 15 Lima protests, ordering ballistics tests and medico‑legal work at Hospital Arzobispo Loayza.
  • Authorities reported 17 detainees and 102 injured in Lima, including 24 civilians and 78 police, and confirmed the death of a 32‑year‑old identified as Eduardo Ruiz Sanz from a gunshot wound to the chest.
  • Reporting describes hours of confrontations in the capital with police using tear gas and rubber bullets as some demonstrators hurled stones, fireworks and Molotov cocktails.
  • In Argentina, a judge in Entre Ríos ordered 120 days of preventive detention for Pablo Laurta on a homicide charge tied to a remisero’s killing, with his transfer to Córdoba pending for further imputations in a double femicide case.
  • San Lorenzo received a legal notice demanding payment of 7,500 million pesos to Swiss fund AIS within five business days to avoid bankruptcy, as Argentine football mourned Miguel Ángel Russo with his ashes laid at La Bombonera and other stadiums.