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Gunmen Attack Pickup Tied to Piura Health Chief, One Dead and Two Wounded as Director Says Vehicle Was Rented

Investigators are pursuing a score‑settling motive under a homicide probe led by police.

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Overview

  • Six assailants on two chacarera-style motorcycles opened fire around 9:30 a.m. at the first entrance between Tacalá and Cosío in Castilla, Piura.
  • Driver Darwin Lázaro Valladolid, 34, died after being shot twice in the chest, while his partner Milagro Pacherrez Mío and relative Inga Mío Pilar were seriously injured.
  • Police seized a pistol from the deceased and are checking hospitals after witnesses indicated one attacker may have been wounded.
  • The pickup, plate P4S-829, is registered to regional health director Yoel Julca, who stated the vehicle had been rented to third parties and confirmed he was not inside; DIRESA said it is cooperating with authorities.
  • The case is handled by the Homicide Operational Group with DIVINCRI/DEPINCRI and prosecutor Víctor Requejo Cueva, and police sources cite a likely score‑settling as the leading line of inquiry with no arrests reported.