Overview
- In Santiago del Estero, prosecutor Pilar Palavecino secured preventive detention for a 19-year-old accused of sexual assault with carnal access against a 17-year-old, a case opened on September 27 after the victim’s mother filed a complaint.
- During the control hearing in that case, the defense sought release for lack of merit, while the prosecution argued risk of flight and interference, and the judge emphasized the seriousness of the alleged offense.
- In Frías, prosecutor Rocío Fringes obtained preventive detention for a man accused of holding his former partner and two children captive for more than six hours while threatening the woman with a knife.
- Police executed a special operation to subdue and arrest the Frías suspect, who already faced a prior court order, and Judge Roxana Cejas Ramírez granted detention for the statutory period on charges including aggravated unlawful deprivation of liberty, aggravated coercive threats with a weapon, and resistance to authority.
- In Peru’s Arequipa region, a court ordered nine months of preventive detention for Miguel Ángel C. P., 42, after the prosecution alleged he entered a home in Yura on October 23 and groped a 13-year-old, presenting risks of flight and obstruction following a flagrante detention and early evidence collection.