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La Victoria Daylight Execution Leads to Two Arrests Within Minutes

Police now probe a potential contract killing after surveillance‑led arrests.

Overview

  • Security cameras recorded the 7:20–7:30 a.m. shooting of 32-year-old José Manuel Estrada at the Humboldt–Parinacochas intersection in La Victoria.
  • PNP activated a containment plan and detained José Wilbani Peña Zapata, 23, and Richard Espinoza Medina, 18, roughly three minutes after the attack.
  • Officers seized a firearm, a magazine, ammunition and the motorcycle used, and investigators documented at least ten shell casings at the scene.
  • No robbery was reported at the site, the detainees remain silent, and the case is now with the Homicide Division as investigators examine motive including a possible ajuste de cuentas.
  • In a separate case the same day, a miner in Apurímac was fatally shot after being robbed of more than 50,000 soles, as national reports cite 5,273 homicides this year.