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Christmas-Period Violence in Peru and Argentina Prompts Criminal Probes

Authorities are testing self-defense claims as holiday cases move into early investigative phases.

Overview

  • In Buenos Aires province, six suspected robbers were killed in three separate confrontations in Quilmes and Mar del Plata, and prosecutors are reviewing whether a bombero, a woman police officer and a shopkeeper acted in legitimate defense.
  • In La Plata, a 68-year-old neighbor was detained after fatally shooting Daniel Néstor Rubén Ramírez during a dispute over children using pyrotechnics, with multiple firearms seized and UFI No. 6 leading the case.
  • In Trujillo, PNP subofficer Edinson Castillo Gonzales died from a gunshot to the head and his roommate and colleague Gerson Benites was detained as the alleged shooter as forensic work proceeds.
  • In Chicama, 22-year-old Melany Lino remains in critical condition with third-degree burns after a molotov attack on an inmobiliaria, and police are examining a land-dispute motive.
  • In Lima’s San Martín de Porres, entrepreneur Robert Obregón Quesada was shot dead during an apparent robbery after collecting cash, and investigators have cordoned the area and gathered initial evidence.