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Arequipa Weekend Incidents: Detainee Escapes, Bus Overturns With 28 Injured, Five Held in Alleged Home Usurpation

Formal investigations follow, with a manhunt underway alongside care for dozens injured in the Imata crash.

Overview

  • Police report that Cristhofer Cameron M., 29, assaulted sub-officer Jonathan Castillo C. during a transfer in Pueblo Joven Miguel Grau and fled toward Avenida Villa Hermosa during nighttime rain.
  • The injured officer received medical treatment and days of rest, and the case was referred to specialized Policía Nacional units and the Ministerio Público to determine administrative and criminal responsibility.
  • At 00:30, a Turismo Mendivil bus with plate D4P-966 overturned at km 4+200 of the Vía Penetración Tintaya in the Imata sector while traveling from Arequipa to Cusco, driven by Roly Rojas Vizarreta, 34.
  • Authorities reported 28 people injured, with patients taken to Clínica San Pablo and Hospital Honorio Delgado as police and Yura municipal security assisted evacuations.
  • Neighbors and Independencia precinct officers foiled an alleged home usurpation in Pueblo Joven Independencia–Nuevo Amanecer, detaining five suspects, recovering household items and 1,400 soles, and seizing a vehicle with plate RH-3136 as the case moved to prosecutors.