Overview
- In Comas, Lima, a man attempting to plant an explosive at a business died after a premature detonation; police confirmed his death at a hospital and are tracking his motorcycle accomplice and the device’s source.
- In San Martín de Porres, two people were injured when gunmen attacked a recreational venue during a show, a case investigators are treating as possible extortion.
- Peru’s interior minister met transport unions and security chiefs, outlining sustained patrols, AI-enabled video surveillance with facial recognition, identity-protected reporting, immediate freezing of extortion-linked accounts, and a legislative package.
- In Argentina, a 16-year-old was killed in a Mar del Plata shootout between alleged gangs with a suspect detained, while a Buenos Aires depot robbery left one assailant dead, another arrested, and a third fugitive under a homicide-robbery probe.
- Other active inquiries include a detention in a Nogales fatal hit-and-run sequence, a suspected vengeance killing in Greater Buenos Aires, a Bajo Piura homicide tied to a stolen motorcycle dispute, and several deadly road crashes on Routes 64, 40 and 2.