Overview
- Peru’s Puente Piedra–Ventanilla appeals chamber revoked Martina Hernández’s house arrest and mandated immediate pretrial incarceration.
- INPE said Hernández was placed at the Anexo Mujeres de Chorrillos as authorities coordinated custody following the ruling.
- Investigators reported dynamite cartridges, red fuses and cash seized in a raid, chemical tests indicating nitrate traces on her hands, and UIF alerts of over S/100,000 in unsupported bank movements.
- The court rejected health-based arguments for leniency, and prosecutors contend she handled funds and stored explosive material for the alleged network.
- The case stems from a June megaoperation against Los Injertos del Cono Norte, a group linked to extortion and explosive attacks with ties reaching Paraguay, where alleged leader Erick Moreno is detained, and includes the arrest of suspected arms supplier Yorgy Israel Araujo.