Overview
- Officers responding to a verbal complaint found 28 troops actively taking down La Tarumba’s structure on Avenida La Marina in Arequipa.
- The detainees include Col. Marco Antonio Quispe Astete and technician Justo Palomino Quispe, identified as the driver of a military unit.
- All personnel belong to Cuartel Mariano Bustamante in the Mariano Melgar district and were transported to a police facility for investigation.
- Prosecutor Manuel Aquino said the soldiers wore La Tarumba–branded shirts to pass unnoticed at the site.
- Authorities are searching for any authorization or irregular contract, with reporting indicating the work may have started after the circus’s final show on November 2.