Overview
- Police and prosecutors conducted simultaneous pre-dawn searches across Trujillo, Pataz, Virú, Casma, Nuevo Chimbote, Lima and Lambayeque, raiding more than 20 properties.
- The detainees are accused of belonging to 'La Nueva Alianza', which authorities link to illegal mining, homicide, kidnapping, extortion and money laundering.
- A judge in Parcoy ordered 15 days of preliminary detention for the five suspects as the Ministerio Público leads the investigation.
- Investigators seized documents, electronic devices and financial records for forensic analysis, and authorities say more detentions remain possible.
- Police sources connect the group to the April 26 killing of 13 mine workers in Pataz and say it continued operating despite alleged leader Miguel Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, known as 'Cuchillo', being jailed in Colombia.