Overview
- In Chihuahua, a tractor-trailer overturned on the Gómez Palacio–Jiménez highway, leaving six presumed migrants dead and two injured from El Salvador, as the driver fled with companions and the state Fiscalía and INM opened an investigation.
- On La Paz’s malecón, a Jeep struck a Toyota Corolla that then mounted the sidewalk and injured five bar patrons, prompting Mayor Milena Quiroga to order containment barriers and inspections of businesses in the historic center.
- In Lima, a truck carrying heavy machinery became lodged under the Balta pedestrian bridge on the Vía de Evitamiento, closing most lanes and causing major congestion before crews removed the load and police detained the driver for proceedings.
- Also in Lima, Venezuelan motorcyclist Manuel Alejandro Motta Peralta, 21, died near the Habich stop on the Panamericana Norte after an initial impact by a car whose driver fled, with the National Police opening a hit-and-run inquiry.
- In Buenos Aires, a retired Federal police officer shot and killed an assailant during an attempted ‘salidera’ in Núñez after a cash withdrawal, and remains detained while a judge-led investigation continues and an accomplice is sought.