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Arequipa–Puno Violence and Crashes Leave Multiple Dead as Police Launch Homicide and Traffic Probes

Police pursue linked investigations across southern Peru, detaining drivers, issuing a regional alert for the stolen pickup.

Overview

  • Six masked assailants killed farmer Salomón Carbajal Castellanos during a home-invasion in La Joya, taking 15,000 soles, electronics, and a 2025 Ford Ranger as investigators examine a planned attack.
  • Police issued a regionwide alert to locate the stolen Ford Ranger as the homicide case advances, with no recovery reported so far.
  • In Paucarpata, motorcyclist William Denos Callo died after a frontal collision with an AQP Masivo combi, and the driver was retained as witnesses reported an irregularly parked vehicle may have contributed.
  • On the Juliaca–Arequipa road near Silluta in Puno, motorcyclist Rivaldo Esidio Coaquira Hualla was killed in a triple crash, and two drivers were detained on suspicion of negligent homicide.
  • In Ocoña, a pickup plunged into a ravine, killing Merly Gonzales Gonzales, while her one-year-old son was hospitalized and the driver remained in custody as highway police and firefighters led rescue efforts.