Overview
- In Lima’s Comas district, motorcyclist John Jairo Lord Contreras was gunned down with 27 shots near the Sangarará Metropolitano station, and police are investigating potential organized crime links.
- A mother of three identified as Gisela remains in critical condition after being set on fire in Barrios Altos; her partner, Rafael Félix Hilario Guido, is sought by police following the alleged attack.
- A mototaxi driver in Carabayllo survived a head wound in a close‑range shooting that relatives tie to extortion by the gang Los Injertos del Cono Norte, with PNP and criminalistics teams collecting evidence.
- In Argentina, Janet Karina Arotinco Palomino, 44, was fatally stabbed in Lomas del Mirador with robbery ruled out, as prosecutor Carlos Adrián Arribas leads the case and the attacker remains at large.
- Regional authorities reported varied outcomes: a Quilmes prosecutor deemed a police killing of two robbers legitimate defense, Mendoza prosecutors detained a driver on attempted homicide after a drag‑runover that led to amputations, and Suriname police detained a suspect after a mass stabbing that killed nine.