Overview
- Judge Edwin Esteba Huanca of the Tercer Juzgado de Investigación Preparatoria issued the measure against Romeyder Alejandro Molina Contreras, 23.
- Police report the Sept. 19 collision on Calle Moquegua in Semirrural Pachacútec killed an eight-year-old who had gone to buy bread near home.
- Forensic testing recorded 1.43 grams of alcohol per liter of blood, well above Peru’s legal limit for driving.
- The defense proposed paying S/50,000 in reparación civil to avoid custody, a request the court rejected for lack of arraigo.
- Diario Los Andes reported a separate allegation that relatives offered S/50,000 to the victim’s family, a claim denounced in the proceeding and still under review.