Overview

• José Agustín Cerquín Aguilar, reported missing on September 27, was found dead on October 10 in the Negritos hamlet of Chanta Alta, La Encañada, Cajamarca.
• Local rondas campesinas led the search and detained two men linked to the victim’s motorcycle, obtaining information that directed teams to the body.
• Relatives and neighbors had tracked the last signal from the victim’s phone near kilometer 40 toward El Tambo, which guided early search routes.
• Investigators are probing the transfer of the black Yamaha motorcycle to an 18-year-old who traveled to Lima, after the victim’s cousin, Jhon Brayan Vásquez, 19, acknowledged involvement and later said the victim had been killed.
• The Public Ministry ordered a forensic autopsy and the national police’s investigative division assumed the case, with motive and potential charges yet to be disclosed.