Overview
- Two helmeted attackers on a motorcycle threatened an INPE guard, threw a small explosive at the control sentry and fled, in an incident that occurred at the Socabaya men’s prison on Sunday, November 1.
- An INPE officer, Fabricio Díaz Castillo, and a visitor, Esther Nataly Quispe Tapia, were wounded by shrapnel and treated at the prison clinic with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Forensic teams located the detonation point about five meters from the garita and reported remnants consistent with a pineapple-style grenade plus burned plastic from the device.
- Police found a package and a written threat demanding an end to extortions that named three inmates as alleged organizers, and three security cameras recorded the attack with footage now being analyzed by Divincri investigators.
- The Ministry of Justice and INPE reinforced entrance security with four extra agents, suspended visits, notified the Fiscalía and PNP, and investigators are probing links to a string of explosive attacks in Arequipa that authorities say may be tied to gang extortion.