Overview
- A targeted requisa at Ancón I on September 23 uncovered an alleged criminal organisation called “La Confederación,” and agents seized 32 cellphones, drugs, a router, weapons and about S/6,000 in cash.
- Prosecutors say an informant known as “Tuerto” told investigators that more than 70 inmates acted as cabecillas who used hidden smartphones and internet access to run extortion, drug sales and coordinate crimes inside and outside the prison.
- Police handed the seized phones to the DIVIDT and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations for forensic extraction to trace financial transfers, contacts and outside collaborators while prosecutors probe whether penitentiary workers facilitated contraband.
- Separately, two inmates died at the maximum‑security Challapalca prison and homicide teams were dispatched there as the government keeps several high‑security jails under an emergency regime with PNP internal control and army perimeter support.
- High‑profile football matches in Argentina and Mexico produced immediate institutional fallout: Estudiantes president Juan Sebastián Verón accused police of mistreating fans after Rosario Central’s Supercopa win, referee Darío Herrera issued explanations for key calls, and Toluca coach Antonio Mohamed publicly confronted referee Katia Itzel García following a 3‑3 draw.