Overview

• Peru's Interior Ministry said the girl was located alive and taken to the Santa Clara police station in Ate Vitarte.
• The National Police detained Jhonathan Félix Laynes Moncada, 39, who is accused of persuading the child to leave home.
• Investigators from Dirincri used technological tracking and intelligence work to identify locations tied to the suspect.
• Relatives reunited with the girl at the station as medico-legal examinations and formal criminal procedures began.
• Family members say the contact originated through an online game such as Free Fire, and they earlier criticized the initial police response; the father also reported extortion calls during the search.