Overview
- Police detained five people over the predawn blast at the Policlínico Inkamay Salud on Wednesday that shattered the clinic’s facade in the El Porvenir district of Trujillo.
- Investigators say the attackers demanded S/100,000 from the clinic owners and tracked the suspects using the phone number listed in a letter found at the scene.
- A home search of the primary suspect turned up three dynamite cartridges and evidence linked to the phones used for the threats, according to authorities.
- Police identified the alleged message sender as the group’s ringleader known as “el tecleador,” who served about a year and a half in prison in Chile for illegal firearm possession before being expelled.
- La República reported the detainees are tied to a faction called Los Pepes del Andy within Los Pulpos; the clinic has suspended services and residents nearby are calling for greater security as the search for additional perpetrators continues.