Overview

• Provincial prosecutor Margarita Haro Pinto reported on October 17 that she received extortionate text messages ordering her to abandon the case, allegedly from the group Los Pepes SJL under the alias El Colocho.
• The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Lima Este Junta de Fiscales condemned the threats, notified the National Police, and stated that the investigation will proceed without concessions.
• Haro’s investigation secured 18 months of preventive detention for seven alleged members of Los Chuckys de Juan Pablo II on charges including aggravated extortion and illegal possession of weapons and explosives.
• Among the processed are Patricio Kevy Urbano Lara, Nataly Sofía Lara Rosales, Eynar Ricardo Lara Quiñones, Francisco Luis Lara Narváez, Yovana Marcionila Lara Quiñones, and Sabrina Stefanie Álvarez Ríos, while Vita Reveca Lara Narváez is under restricted release.
• Haro publicly warned that she will hold the defendants responsible if any harm comes to her or her family, as officials note these threats reflect a broader pattern that includes recent bomb scares near Castro Castro prison and the killing of a judge in La Libertad.