Overview
- In Lima’s Carabayllo district, gunmen opened fire on Carlos Miguel y Orquesta during a January 1 show, wounding two musicians who remain hospitalized at Sergio E. Bernales as police examine possible extortion links.
- In Puno, Peru, two subofficers were detained over an alleged vehicle robbery in Desaguadero after new surveillance video tied a patrol car to the crime, and both were turned over to the Ministerio Público for proceedings.
- Prosecutors in La Libertad, Peru, identified three people killed in a December 31 shooting in the Papagayo mining sector of Pataz and ordered the removal of the bodies and the start of a formal investigation.
- In Villa María, Argentina, police arrested a 23-year-old suspect after the New Year discovery of 22-year-old Delfina Aimino’s body, seizing a knife, phones, clothing, documents and a Ford Ka during a search.
- In Fuenmayor, Spain, a judge ordered provisional prison for a 19-year-old accused of killing his father on New Year’s Eve, with the case advanced by the Guardia Civil and the secrecy order lifted by the regional court.